Sometimes, powerful reminders come to us in seemingly innocuous ways. 

In this special solo episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick reflects on two lessons while taking his wife’s van to the car wash. Within these reflections, he thought back to his lowest point nearly a decade ago, and he shares an email he found that exemplifies this period.

“The main f***ing reason I had to write that type of email was that my mindset was broken,” he says. “I was broke — broke financially, broke mentally. It took about ten more years for me to wake the f*** up.” 

He also shares a vital lesson someone working at the car wash that day showed him and invites us to consider the question: Are you doing the right thing in life, regardless of who’s looking?

What You’ll Learn:

• The mindset that led Patrick to live paycheck to paycheck for 15 years
• How he came to realize “no one is going to come to save my company or my marriage or my family” and learned accountability
• The profound lesson Patrick took away from a simple exchange at the car wash
• And much more!

Favorite Quote:

“How you do one thing is how you do everything.”

— Patrick Bolanos

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.

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