One of the "ah ha" moments Derek has is that he was part of the problem, because he was not being brutally honest with himself. Todd Palmer has gone through the same thing. The way they both got through is whats called "The Stockdale Paradox".

Chris Tuff is the author of book "The Millennial Whisperer" which is written for leads to give proven strategies on leading millennial's in the workforce. Chris gives an introduction to how he came across the idea for the book, which also helped redefine what he does in his agency.

Michael Dweck of Basic Outfitters landed a spot on Shark Tank. The biggest issue that a lot of businesses that make it on Shark Tank, typically don't have the infrastructure to take on the added influx of cusotmer's because of the exposure. Fortunately Michael has some experience in operations and was ready for some of changes about to happen.

Who are you becoming? Define that. Then do whatever it takes to achieve that ethically. You're not entitled to anything, you will have to work for it. Persevere through the struggles that will come along the way, and do not give up. If you really want it, go get it.

3 ways to build and motivate your team:

Give great problems to solve

Allow them to solve it

and let them see the fruits of their labor

In most companies, those who are working and producing, never see the end result. They never get to see the fruits of their labor. By doing little things to show your team that their hard work is making a difference, you will build a team that is self-motivated, and driven with purpose.

As a kid Daniel was labeled "learning disabled." He struggled in school, had anger issues, was bullied, and just held the aggression in. At age 16, Daniel joined a kickboxing gym, and from there he learned a lot from a couple of people who became his mentors. He now gets to use the lessons he learned, and disciplines, and the growth physically, mentally, and spiritually, to help kids.

A lot of kids don't have parents to go home to. The parents may be there physically, but they don't pay attention to them.

Matthew is the founder of the Friender App, which lets you choose different categories to connect with like minded people.

Being this is a networking application, they focused first on organic connections. They target college campuses first, getting word of mouth for users, and let it organically grow from there. The first 10,000 users typically is just a testing phase, where they start tweaking the application.

Mike Caprari is the Senior VP of Marketing in SJC Drums, and on this episode Derek ask Mike what they do to get their traffic and followers.

Mike explains that all of their traffic is organic, and that they have never paid for traffic to their social media. How is it that they now have 206K followers on their Instagram account? It's about making a personal connection with people. Interacting with fans is key to growing organic traffic. The networking, and word of mouth are the most powerful ways to promote your brand and company.

As a business owner, entrepreneur, you will have a lot of ideas running through your mind of new opportunities, new angles, but you have to remain focused on your core.

In this episode, Derek and Fleetwood talk about how to stay focused on the core of what you do. You should really focus on what the payback of the deal is, and looking at what it is that YOU do. Does the idea line up with what you love, and what you do?

Derek was featured on the hit podcast called "Motivational Mondays" hosted by Abigale Otchere.

Abigale asks Derek a simple question, "what one lesson took you the longest to learn?" The answer to this could be many things. It could be managing people, delivering value to clients, building a culture, but Derek's answer may shock you. Check out today's episode to find out what one big lesson took Derek the longest to learn, that had the biggest impact on himself, and his business.