- You've been waiting for it.
We have been waiting for it.
Unboxing the YouTube silver button.
Are you excited?
Are you ready?
Here we go.
Oh my goodness.
Look at that, look at that.
I've got to give that a kiss.
Right there.
See that?
A letter from YouTube.
So let me read this.
From Susan, CEO of YouTube.
"You've just done something that very few
"YouTube creators accomplish:
"You had an astonishing 100,000 people
"subscribe to your channel."
No joke.
"We know that numbers on YouTube can get really big,
"but we hope that you don't lose sight of the reality
"behind that six-digit milestone."
Thank you, Susan.
"Each and every person who has subscribed to your channel
"has been touched by what you created."
That's my goal.
"They were inspired, challenged, or entertained.
"You achieved this milestone with hard work,
"perseverance and probably a healthy sense of humor too.
"What you've accomplished can't' be taken away from you.
"And we would like to recognize you and all your hard work
"with this Silver Creator Award,
"a small token of our esteem and respect.
"We know that you don't do this for rewards.
"You do it because you have a drive to create and share,
"and because you've found an audience who cares.
"Believe us when we say that we can't wait
"to see what you do next.
"A million subscribers may seem like
"a long way off right now,
"but you are closer than you think.
"And we are rooting for you.
"Congratulations."
Wow, amazing.
And here we go.
Look at this, foam, beautiful.
Drum roll please.
(drums hands on table)
Ta da, right here.
Does it look amazing?
This is the Silver Button.
And, first of all of course I want to thank you
my fans of my work,
my subscribers from all over the world.
When I first created my YouTube channel,
I never thought of getting that many subscribers.
I was just uploading some different footage
and recordings that I had
from my speaking engagements and some speech that I did.
And that kind of snowballed and grew and grew and grew.
And now we are creating more videos.
We are creating a video every single day for you.
And now we are here 100,000 subscribers.
I made a commitment to myself a couple years ago
and you can go back and see when I had
just you know maybe a hundred videos
and even less than ten thousand subscribers.
And I said,
"You know what?
"I'm going to hit 100,000 subscribers."
And now here we are.
It took a few months to get here.
We're now probably at 150,000 subscribers.
And growing and growing.
And our goal is one million subscribers.
And then once we get a million subscribers
it's ten million subscribers.
But the first goal is not the Silver Button
it's the Gold Button.
And then it's the Diamond Button.
That's our goal.
I think of my YouTube channel
as not so much as just a channel
as a place where I post videos and things like that.
I think of my channel really as a community.
Because people are going to my channel
from all over the world.
From all kinds of countries,
different backgrounds,
different situation,
and different race.
And they all go there and they reconnect.
And you can see my students my mentees
they go there.
We have people who are interested
in martial arts going there.
We have people who are interested in business
and want to be more successful going there.
We have people who are interested in relationships
going there.
All go to channel to connect,
to comment,
to connect with me,
to connect with all these
other great people around the world.
I mean not in a million years would I ever think that
wow now I'm kind of like a YouTuber.
Just thinking about it is insane.
And they all go there,
I believe what my channel is about.
And that's why I upload martial arts videos,
we upload all kinds of videos.
We upload relationship videos,
we upload business videos.
It's just been talking to you.
There's no bikini girls.
There's no boobs.
There's no prank.
There's no like all these people doing stupid things.
It's just me, one man, my team,
my life, you know, my relationship.
My wife.
Just me talking to you.
One man's life story, experience and insights.
And you tune in.
And you watch and you watch every video.
If you've been with me since the beginning,
a couple years ago make sure you comment below.
But you've been with me
and look where we are today.
A global platform.
A global movement.
When we hit half a million, a million subscribers.
Just imagine that.
And I want to thank you.
I cannot do this without you.
Because it's each video that you watch.
Each thumbs up that you give me.
Each subscriber that we add.
Every single subscriber that I have to earn.
I have to earn.
I have to earn your trust.
I have to earn your loyalty.
But you keep coming back and tuning in.
I appreciate you.
For the haters fuck you guys.
I don't want you here.
If there's a way that I could have YouTube
just block out the people who don't want to watch my stuff
and just kind of send notifications to
people who watch my stuff I would love to do that.
But you guys, you know what haters?
You motivate me.
You motivate me to create better content,
to help more people,
to impact more people,
and be more even more successful.
So haters in some way fuck you
but I still get something out of our relationship.
You'll be the first one to probably give
me a thumbs down on this video but doesn't matter.
But I want to thank you.
My fans, my followers around the world
I want to sincerely thank you.
Make sure you comment below.
Share with me your story.
Maybe you've been with me since the beginning.
Maybe you're a new subscriber.
Who is this Dan Lok guy
getting this like Silver Button Award?
What is this about?
Comment below I want to hear from you.
I want to hear from you.
I read every single comment that you post.
Now I might not have time to reply
to every single one of them.
But I read every single one of them.
Sometimes I give you just a heart,
sometimes I will just give you a very short reply.
But I read every single one of your comments.
Until then, to one million subscribers.