Meet my friend- honest Professional at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyY-dG3xIpE

1. Meet Empower Network’s “Honest P”
I met Pat a few years back….
I had just moved to California and was working at a restaurant that served the grimiest reubens on
the planet(totally in a good way). I was primarily working there to meet friends, and also because
my self-imposed retirement in my mid 20′s had proven to be a bit premature. Anywho, The first
thing I remember about Pat was that he talked a lot….I may have told him to shut up in the first 5
minutes of our knowing each other…lol. I also remember that Pat didn’t seem too concerned with
what people thought of him. I find this to be a rare trait amongst humans. I must say that people
that aren’t constantly running their actions through a societal screening filter, are always more
interesting.
Pat also seemed to be more positive and honest than most
people.
Most people are pre-occupied with ridiculous minutiae…bills, pop culture, other superficial
nonsense. I’m not saying that Pat never thinks about that shit…he just seemed more interested in
making people laugh…or laughing. This is probably why we hit it off.
Sometimes I think that I only have a few good friends because I just moved to California 5 years
ago…but the reality is I choose my friends wisely. I have no time for uninteresting people. I
generally have always been that way….I have several very good, close friends, and together none of
us “fit in”, I designed it that way. I find “fitting in” to be entirely boring and simple. Pat definitely
may not always fit in and is not boring or simple. He was loud, outspoken, and didn’t seem to
screw around a lot. I thought, “now this is a human I can relate to”.
So we worked at this restaurant and had a blast.
I remember the first time that I met Pat’s girlfriend at the time. I said that he had two options (1)
fake his own death or (2) kill himself. He said that he agreed and thought that she was an evil
skank-demon. They broke up some time later….. he eventually found a much better female for
reproductive selection and romance…lol.
Later, I ended up quitting that job to party full time and Pat got a job somewhere else. A few years
later I was tending bar at a Chinese restaurant and helped Pat to get a job there, waiting tables. We
hadn’t connected in a bit but established a new routine of going to play poker. We did this about
every month, or so…sometimes more often. We still play poker to this day. I feel like I win more

2. often than him…but I’m sure he would disagree
I eventually ended up leaving the service industry.
I had way way wayyyyy too much fun and needed to get serious again. Pat and I still kept in touch.
He was now helping run a construction company, dating a new chick, (she was definitely an
upgrade from the demon-skank), and going back to school to study business. He was quite
motivated about school and seemed like he was in “buckle down” mode. I was working at my
current job in technology. I had gotten to a point where I wanted to diversify my entrepreneurial
efforts and we were out drinking….probably after playing cards. I mentioned to Pat, not really
thinking that he would be interested, that I had started a new online marketing company, and that I
was pretty excited about the information I was learning. He wanted to know more so I played an
instructional video on Empower to him(see www.troothandmarketing.com) ….and the rest, well the
rest you’ll have to ask your mom about….
-here’s a vid compilation for your viewing delight. Take it to the limit..with Honest P!
drum roll………….and I give you……HONEST P!
Meet my friend- honest Professional at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyY-dG3xIpE