What if the most profound setback in your life held the key to your greatest competitive advantage?
In this unforgettable episode of That Entrepreneur Show, we host Kevin McCarthy, the dynamic founder of Blindspots, whose entrepreneurial journey is unlike any other. Kevin built one of the largest Century 21 offices in America, successfully launched a dot-com startup, and was flying high—until he spent 33 months in federal prison for a crime he didn't knowingly commit, the fallout from his boss's massive stock fraud.
This profound adversity became a transformative research opportunity. Inside prison, Kevin dedicated himself to studying cognitive psychology and the very leadership blind spots that contributed to his predicament.
Now, he’s teaching high-achieving entrepreneurs how to leverage that research to inoculate their businesses against failure. Kevin is here to discuss his bestselling book, BlindSpots – Why Good People Make Bad Choices, and his methodology for driving peak performance.
In this episode, you will learn:
- From Prison to Purpose: How Kevin transformed incarceration into the foundation for his leadership development company and earned his Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation.
- The Blindspot Advantage: Why identifying your inherent cognitive and emotional blind spots is the single greatest competitive edge for modern leaders.
- Leveraging DISC: An exclusive look at the Blindspot Assessment™—a powerful, streamlined DISC tool that delivers actionable leadership insights in under three minutes.
- Building Trust: Strategies for creating resilient, trust-based organizations where honest, critical feedback flourishes, protecting you from future liabilities.
- Dot-Com Wisdom: A deep dive into the lessons learned from selling a company during the volatile dot-com era.
If you’ve ever wondered how to turn your deepest failures into unmatched self-awareness and unstoppable business growth, this episode with Kevin McCarthy is essential listening.
Learn more about Kevin here: https://ww3.blindspots.com/speaker-kevin-mccarthy
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