- [All] One million subscribers, yay!
(clapping)
- We did it!
You did it.
We did it together.
Earlier this year, in January, we upload the video.
Then we say, you know what, this year our goal is to hit
a 1/2 million subscribers by the end of this year.
We didn't hit a 1/2 million subscribers
- Nope.
- We didn't hit 750. - No.
- We hit,
- [All] one million subscribers!
- Wow, now, and I could not have done it without
the team behind me.
Sometimes you see me on camera, it's just me talking
but this is absolutely team work.
We have Ben, we have Jennie, Desmond, Gabe, Rishin, Stephen,
Jackie, Kiara and also Alex and Lara
that you don't see, right?
It is a team effort that we are able to do this
and we want to thank you.
And let me tell you this.
There are days sometimes, I don't feel like making a video.
(laughter) - No?
There are days I feel like no, you know what, I don't,
maybe I should take a pause and take a break
for a month or something like that.
There are days like that, not many days
but there are a few says that are like that, right?
But we want you, 'cause it's not easy
to come up with topics and to film, to edit,
to upload the video.
To come up with topics that will continue to
educate and inspire and empower you.
But as I read your comment and as I read your story,
I realize that as we grow to certain point,
that this channel, the Dan Lok Channel,
is not about Dan Lok anymore.
It's about us.
It's about our global community.
It's about you.
There is no longer just me, it's all of us.
It's a community that we've built with,
literally millions, and millions of people in it.
And with great power comes
- [All] great responsibility.
- When we are traveling.
When I have people walk up to me and they say,
Hey Dan, I watch all your videos.
I watch all your videos every single day
and can I take a selfie and they walk up to me
and they tell me how my work and my content
has impact their lives.
And I believe that they walk up to me
not because that I've made a few dollars
or I'm financially well off.
They walk up to me because, what my message, my story
or what I share with them has impact their lives
in some way, shape or form.
And I am very, very happy to hear that.
That makes me very, very happy.
If you follow my work you know that
years ago I made a decision to shift from success
to significance and being able to impact your life
it means a lot to me.
From a poor immigrant boy.
I couldn't speak a word of English.
From the invisible kid in the back of that classroom,
who was afraid to put up his hand to now
a global educator, impacting millions of people's lives.
So I want to thank you.
Thank you for your dedication to learning.
I want to thank you for your commitment.
And I wanna thank you for, you know, liking the video,
before you even watch the video, right?
(laughter)
I want to thank you for defending us, defending me
in front of the trolls. - The haters.
- And the haters, right?
And I wanna thank you for sharing your story
and your progress in the comment.
I still do, I read your comment.
I wanna know what you are going through.
So, we will - And they share,
they share the videos. - Yes.
- I've seen so many of them share
or transmit your videos. - Yes
- Or have the notification bound to their home.
- Yeah. - That's right, that's right.
So, one million subscribers, a huge milestone.
Our next goal is,
- [All] 10 million subscribers!
- We want to be the very first YouTube Channel
to hit 10 million subscribers
in the business category.
It's never been done before.
It's never been done before, can we do it?
- [All] Yes!
- Can you do it?
Can you do it?
That's our next goal.
We'll continue to serve you, creating new videos.
New video every single day, that's our commitment to you.
Continue to up the quality of our video.
- Yes. - So stay tuned for that.
We've got some great, great news, upcoming news
to share with you as well.
So, if you're watching this too?
10 million subscribers.
- Woo!
- [All] Yeah!