How to Tell (Much) Better Stories
DarrenDaily On-Demand
Darren Hardy LLC
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🗓️ 28 August 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Darren Hardy reminds us that we are master storytellers—especially when it comes to excuses. The narratives we buy into about health, success, and happiness often become the very chains holding us back. What story are you still telling yourself that's quietly shaping your reality?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Darren Daly on demand, your most trusted resource to help you become better every day. |
| 0:07.3 | Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy. |
| 0:13.4 | We are all excellent storytellers. We have a story for everything. We have a story for why we can't lose weight, why we can't |
| 0:22.2 | stick to our diets, why we can't jog, do push-ups, get up early, eat healthy, exercise regularly, |
| 0:28.0 | and stay disciplined. You've heard these stories. I'm big-boned. It's bad for my knees. I don't |
| 0:33.6 | have time. I'm too old. It's impossible when I travel. I deserve a reward. I have PMS. It's fat-free. There are starving children in Africa. |
| 0:42.9 | A friend of mine named Carrie told me a story that she heard when she was six months into her pregnancy. |
| 0:48.7 | Carrie had gained a significant amount of weight. She was, after all, pregnant, and she started to worry whether she could ever |
| 0:55.1 | regain her previous figure. She called a mom friend and asked, what really happens with this baby |
| 1:00.7 | weight after my son is born? Will it go away? Her friend replied, well, a woman once told me that |
| 1:06.1 | you keep about 10 pounds per child. Carrie nearly dropped the phone. The friend's pronouncement deflated |
| 1:13.1 | her hopes of ever returning to her pre-baby weight and shape. Later that week, Carrie was at |
| 1:18.6 | the spin studio where she takes fitness classes. Carrie related the 10 pounds per child story to |
| 1:23.7 | Wendy, who was also there to work out. Wendy said, that's ridiculous. I've had seven |
| 1:29.8 | children, so I should be 70 pounds overweight. That's just an excuse, Wendy said. Don't buy that |
| 1:36.4 | story. Then Wendy added, it won't be easy or automatic, but with hard work in time, you can get |
| 1:42.1 | your body back and better. |
| 1:48.2 | This mother of seven was indeed a testimonial. |
| 1:52.3 | She was in terrific shape, better than most who have never given birth. |
| 1:57.0 | My friend decided to buy Wendy's story instead of her other friends. I tell you Carrie's story this morning to ask you, what stories have you bought? What |
| 2:02.5 | stories have you created and clung onto as a way of excusing yourself from eating right or |
| 2:09.5 | exercising regularly and living a healthy lifestyle? What stories have you created and clung |
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