Self Awareness is so important. There are entrepreneurs who may be so hard on yourself that you don't want to think you have any strengths, and those who are over confident where it borderlines arrogance.

Cort Dial is the author of the 2016 best selling business book, Heretics to Heroes. Cort is an accomplished author, entrepreneur, and investor. On this episode, Derek asks Cort the question "Why do you consider yourself a heretic?"

Brian Moran, author of The 12 Week Year, talks about how to get buy in from your team when implementing the 12 Week Year. You'll want to first start with discovering what their personal goals are, and then connect the dots to the company goals. When you can connect to the dots on how to make the company successful, they can see how they can live the life they want by helping the company meet its goals.

As an entrepreneur, it's important to have passions to drive you forward. Most entrepreneur's are ambitions, and on a mission. Sometimes though, there are setbacks. Kourtney shares what she is most passionate about, and how she handles those setbacks when they come up.

We all have blind spots in life, and business. "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" - Mike Tyson.

Tom talks about how to handle the blind spots in life and business. It sometimes takes getting kicked in the teeth, but it's important to find someone whom you can harmonize with. Get into agreement with others in those moments of despair.

Marisa Sergi is the founder of RedHead wine. There was a moment in time where her start up company began to feel the begin of the "snowball effect." When she was beginning to pitch her wine product company to multiple business plan competitions, and she ranking 15 out of over 200 entries that made in around the globe. This was the moment where Marisa realized that this could be something, and the momentum began to pick up.

From broke to hitting the INC 5000 six times, Todd Palmer is the original comeback king. In a time where he had no money, problematic clients, and using a hidden credit card to hire a coach, Todd knew he had to make adjustments if he wanted to get out of the situation he was in.

There are so many outside influences, biases, noises, that it can distract you from turning your attention to focus on yourself. This is where Don's show "Discover Your Talent" comes in. He brings on amazing guests who share how they discovered their amazing talents, to help inspire, and guide other to discover theirs. You may be early on and can really understand yourself, or you might be able to relate to these stories Don shares, but wondering, "how do I change?"

Christopher Lochhead is a Category design expert.

“Categories are associated with problems that we think are important to solve,” says Christopher. “Categories make brands — not the other way around.”

Categories are an important piece to your businesses brand, as it defines the core problem you are solving.

Aaron Marino is satisfied, and yet, still hungry for more! Aaron describes that he has had a taste of success, and is hungry to keep pushing more. If you feel satisfied with the success you have, you may want to sit back and rethink your goals. Are you where you want to be? Have you done all you can? Can you go any further?