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The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

2210 | Darren Hardy: “It’s Better to Be World Class at a Few Things Than Mediocre at Many.”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, discover why mastering one thing beats dabbling in many, how to create your own “give-up” list, and what it really takes to make an extraordinary impact.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Yo, today's QOT is it's better to be world class at a few things than mediocre at many.

0:07.8

Here we go. Welcome back to the quote of the day.

0:35.9

I'm your host Sean Croxton and Sean Croxton.com.

0:38.6

We got Darren Hardy back on this show today.

0:41.1

He's definitely one of my favorite speakers.

0:43.4

And today he's going to share how you can become world class at what you do.

0:51.0

Not okay at what you do, not decent at what you do, not really good at what you do, but become a master

0:57.9

at what you do by discovering or deciding on your vital few. What are the few things that you're

1:08.4

going to focus on? What are the few things that you're going to put your time into in order to learn about them,

1:14.9

develop yourself around them, and then eventually master them?

1:19.6

Because what we humans tend to do is try to focus on seven things at the same time.

1:25.2

But you only have so much time in the day. And so you're spreading your time amongst these seven things at the same time. But you only have so much time in the day.

1:28.8

And so you're spreading your time amongst these seven things

1:31.4

and you're becoming a jack of all trades and, of course, a master of none.

1:37.1

And when I was listening to this, I was reminded of high school.

1:41.2

I used to work at the Boys and Girls Club.

1:42.8

When I wasn't working there, I was playing there. And there were like standout athletes, like local celebrity high school athletes who would come

1:53.6

into the to the club. And they were celebrity young people in our town because they played

2:00.1

three sports when they played these three

2:02.7

sports really well. It was basketball, football, baseball, basketball, football, baseball, year-round,

2:08.2

right? And, you know, while they were really, really good players in high school, they all fizzled

2:14.5

out in college. They weren't very good there.

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