Growing up in a small town in Canada, Derek shares his story of how he became a finalist in Canada’s most-watched reality TV show (Big Brother Canada) and his journey of how he became a full-time social media content creator.

0:00 - Intro

1:03 - Growing up in a small town

2:50 - Small-town living shaping who you are as a person

3:35 - Being a people pleaser

6:15 - Working in the construction & oil industry

7:30 - hating my job

8:30 - the sum of your closest 5 people

10:00 - moving out and taking that next step

12:20 - big mindset shift

17:00 - relationship with best friend

20:35 - break

22:15 - transitioning into business and reality tv

26:30 - starting first business

33:30 - getting into Big Brother Canada

37:00 - Big Brother experience

46:00 - break #2

47:15 - impact of Big Brother

50:10 - day to day life

56:50 - maintaining success

58:40 - working on mental wellbeing

1:03:25 - toxic masculinity

1:05:06 - understanding your why

1:10:00 - piece of advice

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