Working For A Dream

Everything in life begins with one important thing.......mindset. Belief. The willingness to do whatever it takes to make something you believe a reality. As the old adage goes, "If you think you can or think you can't, you're right." This episode takes you on a deep dive of what is truly possible, and not just from a financial standpoint.

Todd Dexheimer is a serial Real Estate investor, CEO of Venture D, Founder of Endurus Capital, and host of the Pillars of Wealth Podcast sharing insights, stories, and lessons from entrepreneurs, investors, and successful real estate professionals.

Patrick and Todd dive right into the first spark of inspiration most people have and never take action on. For Todd, it began when he was a Teacher at school looking for a better way to outearn his then $30,000-a-year salary. Todd shares his journey of what started him on this path to home ownership and his exploration into flipping real estate. Patrick and Todd take a deep dive into exactly what it took to go from a $30,000-a-year salary to amassing a real estate portfolio worth over $500 million.

What You'll Learn:

• What Todd's early real estate deals consisted of when he started his investing journey
• How many flips Todd did in his career
• Profit sharing with investors and how to leverage the profits to roll into your next deal
• How owning properties is not a true passive stream of income
• The number of employees it takes to run a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week assisted living facility
• Important things to consider when building relationships with banks in securing financing
• The debt service coverage ratio formula Todd used between 2008 and 2015 at the lowest points of the real estate market in the history of the United States
• The current outlook on the Real Estate Market as it pertains to today
• Why the Feds can't keep raising interest rates
• Thoughts on rentals versus passive income and where to get started
• Why knowing your goals are so important before you begin your real estate journey.

Favorite Quote:

"No matter what you do in life, you have to take daily steps in being consistent. It involves risks and working hard."

- Todd Dexheimer

Connect With Todd:

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Endurus Capital

Pillars of Wealth Creation Podcast

Email: [email protected]

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.

Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group. With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights from Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You're in for a real-life education.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.

There are are moments in life where it seems like you're standing on the edge of a cliff screaming into a canyon below. The only problem is, no one can hear you. So you step away from the cliff and carry on back into your normal life still carrying that raging hunger for freedom….the desire to be liberated from working for anyone other than yourself. What you don't realize is in order to truly have freedom, you have to go through a whole different level of work, and all of it eventually, is worth it.

Jessica Dennehy is the Founder and CEO of Pivot and Slay and serial entrepreneur. She's an a best-selling author, speaker, coach, and host of the Day Slayer podcast. She's blue-check verified on multiple social media platforms and has been featured in publications multiple times like Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Inc magazines. Jessica has built a monster platform that has allowed her the opportunity to show others there is another way through this life where the sacrifices you make will reap rewards beyond your wildest dreams, as long as you're willing to do the work.

Today, Patrick and Jessica break the episode open sharing a moment of gratitude and admiration for one another's journeys through the various stages of life and business. Jessica shares the inspiration that took her from Wall Street to entrepreneurship. They discuss family, being parents, and the stresses of juggling home life, spousal commitments and staying on budget in the business. If you're working in a dead-end, suffocating, comfortable corporate job and need a change, listen closely to what it's going to take to make your breakthrough and breakout into a different life.

What You'll Learn:

• How much Jessica was asked to pay in order to get verified on social media and why she said "No"

• What is required for your to boost your SEO on Google organically without paying a dime

• How much time you have to invest to get to a place where you become verified

• The number of times a day you have to post every single day and what social media channels to post on

• Why Jessica decided to leave Wall Street as a high-level attorney

• The simple mentality that allowed her to create one of the most successful barbershops in New York while never having been a barber

• Why Jessica quit being an attorney

• How far along she was in her pregnancy when they opened the doors to her first business

• The best way to co-manage a business with a former spouse

• The importance of setting a great example as a mother

• How Jessica removed herself from the day-to-day operations of the barbershops

• What it means to Pivot and Slay and why she created this growing movement

Connect with Jessica:

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TikTok

LinkedIn

Pivot and Slay

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.

Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group. With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights from Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You're in for a real-life education.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.

The message is the same but the story is different. Everyone is trying to make a living but some people do it selfishly. It's rare to come across a person who wants to genuinely help. Drewbie Wilson has become one of the best sales producers because he isn't worried about making the sale- he's worried about making someone's day.

Three and a half years ago, Drewbie was working at an insurance agency in Toledo, Ohio, doing the normal Monday through Friday grind. With a lovely family, he was living the life most people would consider ideal. However, he wasn't happy, as he puts it, "I was out of shape, not making enough money and most importantly not being the best version of myself." Nothing would have changed for the better if he hadn't come to the realization and taken the necessary actions.

Drewbie Wilson is now the Vice President of Break Free Academy. One of the Apex Entourage program's top sales producers considers himself primarily a "servant leader." He is also the host of an incredible podcast show and the best-selling author of Crushing The Day, a book that demonstrates simple strategies to achieve success in business and life through service to others.

Drewbie shares what confidence and passion do in your day-to-day systems. It can be anything from making someone laugh to sharing a story that inspires them. Although Drewbie has found the success he talks about why it isn't guaranteed for everyone.

What You'll Learn:

● The fear Drewbie had when he left Ohio and moved to Dallas to join APEX

● Find ways to master your confidence

● What is your close rate compared to your refund rate and why is that important- anyone can have a high close rate but not see the real results

● The impact your mentor/owner of the company you're working work can affect you and how you operate in your position

● Why Drewbie is known as the "Meme Lord"

● What it truly means to serve other people and deliver what they need

● The attitude Drewbie carries in life and why he does not allow excuses

Connect with Drewbie:

Website

Instagram

LinkedIn

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.

Back in December 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group. With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights of Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You're in for a real-life education.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.

Our mindset can become distracted by everything going on in life. Every day we make decisions that might not be helping us to reach our goals. With guidance, we can see the outside perspective of what needs to be fixed. Malorie Nicole is passionate about helping others get on track, which is why I am excited for you to hear her story.

Malorie Nicole is a Coach who helps business Owners, CEOs, and Executives. She specializes in everything from solopreneurship to entrepreneurs running a team. Malorie is also the Host of Forbes's Number one Abundantly Clear Podcast.

A master of helping others achieve mental clarity, Malorie comes onto the show to discuss why our perspective of ourselves is different from how others view it. Patrick reveals a sensitive time when he wanted to give up and Malorie talks about why it is okay to feel vulnerable and go through dark times to move forward.

What You'll Learn:

● The 5 things that put a plan into action with your goal

● It is ok to help yourself, it doesn't mean you're a selfish person

● The recognition of our actions and decisions

● What made Malorie want to help others control their operational mindset

● Why you need to make the investment for yourself

● Overcoming that inner voice that wants you to give up

● Readjusting your mindset after a foundational change in your life

Connect with Malorie:

LinkedIn

Instagram

Website

Podcast

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.

Back in December 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group. With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights of Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You're in for a real-life education.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.

The easy part of owning a business is coming up with an idea. It can be putting it together that's the hardest. Through sweat, tears, trials, and tribulations Ricky found success by putting in the work and not giving up. He is very excited to share his story of how he went from 0 in the bank to a million in his first year.

Ricky Ortiz is a Serial Entrepreneur who comes from a hard-working family. Ricky has experience as a business owner from formerly owning a Valet service at clubs, and restaurants, a Food truck, and a Videography business that specializes in the music industry. Today Ricky owns an El Camino food truck and bar as a tribute to what he and his brother wanted to start from the beginning.

After countless efforts of starting businesses and facing the adversity of family passing, learning the ropes of entrepreneurship, Ricky was not an overnight success. Ricky speaks about his personal life, and the process it took for him to open his business, El Camino. There are many lessons and struggles, but Ricky always found his way to not give up and apply what he learned.

What You'll Learn:

• Seeing the value of why Marketing is a benefit and not an expense
• Why it is important to know when to ask for help when starting a business
• The parts of being an entrepreneur that no one talks about
• Why Ricky found his passion for videography and marketing
• The impact of what starting a family had on Ricky for him to move forward
• Doing the research on what you are investing yourself into
• Why owning a business is an uphill battle of investment and hope
• How Ricky found his niche in the food and beverage industry

Connect with Ricky:

El Camino Website

El Camino

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.

Back in December 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group. With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights of Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You're in for a real-life education.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.

When we enter adulthood we are faced with a decision of what we want for ourselves. There are people who end up working the same type of job until retirement and then there are others who apply their past learned skills to entrepreneurship, or into their new position. Patrick Manning is always helping others, especially when it comes to their business.

Before funding over $1B Patrick Manning made his start in sales. After constantly traveling during his young adult life, in 2013 Patrick decided to leave the Sales Industry where he then became the CEO of ROK Financial. Patrick helps his clients with business financing and lending. He is a dedicated husband, and a devoted father, along with being a high-level entrepreneur where he has over 60 employees constantly working to help business owners.

Patrick and Patrick speak about their experiences from when they both became entrepreneurs and the struggles they carried into networking with others, and how they overcame them. Patrick talks about his first sales job and how it impacted him to help others by making sure his clientele is getting what they need. He also addresses what alternative lending is and how his company helps other entrepreneurs get started financially.

What You'll Learn:

• What alternative lending is and how it helps business owners
• How Patrick transformed his marketing by referral based instead of digital or door-to-door
• What makes a business operational instead of being classified as a start-up
• Why the teamwork of a business is important to Patrick
• The rebuild process for Patrick and his business Partner during the pandemic
• Who is qualified for alternative lending and who isn't
• The mindset people get into when they decide to join mastermind groups
• Being comfortable with who you are and how it can impact your networking skills

Connect with Patrick:

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LinkedIn

ROK

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.

Back in December 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group. With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights of Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You're in for a real-life education.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.

The process of figuring out what you want to do in life is the most challenging, it can be exhausting exploring ways to make an impact. After some time Josh Meunier found his path to not only help others but create an irreplaceable impact.

Josh Meunier is the Founder of the Uncommon Element, Motivational Influencer, Designer, Investor, and Entrepreneur, and Josh also provides Fractional CFO Services. Before starting Uncommon Element Josh was a Co-Owner of a Pool Services and Construction company that he ran with his business partner from 2015 to 2021 when he decided he wanted to impact others by training and coaching them to become more successful.

Josh and Patrick speak about the lessons you need to focus on when going through entrepreneurship, and how they will improve your perspective. Josh addresses the other side of being a business owner and the realistic side of what could happen to you. Traveling has been a part of Josh's life that he will remember forever which is why he carries the mindset of enjoying life and helping others.

What You'll Learn:

• Why Josh decided to go into the Pool service and construction industry instead of fitness
• The difficult conversation Josh had to have with his ex-business partner to pivot
• What leveraging your network can do for you
• The grit Josh applied to build his business
• When Josh found his passion to lead others\
• The process of exiting a business and the steps you have to take
• The two important things you need to look at in your business
• Why it is important to create a strong culture

Connect with Josh:

Instagram

LinkedIn

LinkTree

Uncommon Element Podcast

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.

Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group. With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights from Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You're in for a real-life education.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.

When we start the process of becoming a business owner, it can be unexpected what's to come. It takes a certain kind of person that's willing to devote their free time, and sacrifice time with family to become successful and achieve the vision they set. Mike Trinh is a monster when it comes to being an entrepreneur- He is an example of what hard work is.

Mike Trinh is a Former UFC & Bellator Fighter, Serial Entrepreneur, Gator Wrestler, Restaurant owner, and Food Truck owner. Based out of Houston Mike started his business by selling shrimp out of the back of his truck off highway 6 in Houston, TX while fighting at the same time.

Patrick does his first-ever eat-in episode as he travels to Mike's Seafoods to get a great bite to eat and interview his special guest, Mike Trinh. Mike addresses that his journey was not all successful. It took sacrifice and long nights of wondering about the unknown. After talking about how he started his business Mike and Patrick discuss the different trends that are always changing in the seafood industry and what values Mike sticks with to stand out and make his customers happy.

What You'll Learn:

• The process of going from Professional Fighter to Business Owner
• What Mike did to manage his fighting career and business at the same time
• What it takes to start your own restaurant
• Knowing the constant trends in the food industry and adapting to them
• How Mike set his food truck up with the help of some family members

Connect with Mike:

Instagram

Mikes Seafood

Mikes Seafood locations:

Houston-Highway 6

9449 S Texas 6, Houston, TX 77083

(281) 879-8500

Cypress

20320 FM529, Cypress, TX 77433

(281) 815-3017

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.

Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group. With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights of Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You're in for a real-life education.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.

What are you doing to make space for your business? Are you putting in the required hours and education time it takes to progress? Zack Williams is an example of what it means to be Elite. After switching majors in college, he found himself put in a Marketing position at a large sandwich shop chain after working his way up from the bottom. It's time to discover how you can get your next opportunity as well.

Zack Williams is a Serial Entrepreneur who is a Fractional CMO where he focuses on helping his clients get the most from their Marketing. He is a Devoted Father, Husband, Podcast Host, Speaker, Author, TV Host, and Award Winning CEO. Zack has a very successful Marketing business and he wants to help his clients by educating them and motivating them through the process.

Patricks hosts special guest Zack "ROI" Williams to talk about Life, Family, and Business. There's a reason people don't always hit their mark, and it has to do with who they have in their inner circle. Zack speaks about why reforming your relationships and being considerate of who is in your life is important. Patrick and Zack also discuss how AI is shifting the Marketing Industry and why it might be causing problems.

What You'll Learn:

• Communicating to your group to move forward
• How to create a drive of passion for what you're doing
• What Zack learned in his 13 years working for Corporate America
• How Zack used his talents in Photography and Graphic Design to get started
• The comeback Zack made after his motorcycle accident
• The technicalities of Marketing
• The difference between working in a corporate setting and being a business owner

Connect with Zack:

Instagram

Website

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.

Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group. With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights of Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You're in for a real-life education.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.

Becoming an adult is a once in a lifetime experience, we learn every lesson along the way to prepare us for something we know nothing to little about. When you're doing the right things it can seem like you aren't actually making an impact. Zach Sasser is the example that you can make it from nothing. After taking a step into the industry Zach has managed to create a large impact.

Zach Sasser is a recent college graduate from the University of North Texas-Denton with a Bachelors in Marketing who took an internship in Sales for Phonesites and Break Free Academy before graduating college. Today, Zach is Top Sales Producer within the Apex movement, and trains sales teams for his brother's roofing company, and shows no signs of stopping on his entrepreneurial journey. At just 21 years of age, Zach is turning convention on its head and kicking its ass. Zach is also a recent Best-Selling Author, and Real Estate Investor.

Patrick host's one of the largest up and coming entrepreneurs the sales industry has seen. Making his start in Real Estate at 17 Zach talks about what it takes to make an impact and generate leads. He addresses why anyone can do it with enough patience and vision.

What You'll Learn:

• How Zach got his start in Real Estate
• The development when moving into sales
• The effect imposter syndrome had on Zach at the age of 17
• Why people are intimidated by becoming entrepreneurs
• How to plan for your future
• Why creating a plan is just the first step in taking action
• What you can do today to take the next step

Connect with Zach:

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Instagram

LinkedIn

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.

Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group. With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights from Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You're in for a real-life education.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.