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Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.

So Don is the CEO of an environmental consulting firm in the Windy City of Chicago,

focused on helping businesses adopt sustainable practices.

Don's calendar was filled with an endless barrage of tasks, replying to urgent emails and

messages, taking phone calls, skimming through contracts, meeting clients, and reviewing quarterly

reports. In fact, she considered her sprawling to-do list and ceaseless busyness a badge of honor. To her, it was

evidence that she was an action-oriented leader until the bottom fell out. Within a short span,

GreenSight lost several key contractors, talented consultants started to quit, and their brand was

stigmatized for not practicing the sustainability that they preached. Don's task-centric

approach had left her out of touch with the core attributes that make a leader truly impactful.

Let me share with you the four to-dos that I suggested she didn't have on her list that needed

to be at the very top of the list and needs to be at the top of the list for every leader. You ready to take notes? If you're here on Darren Daly, I promise you, others look to you for leadership, whether it's at the office home or in your neighborhood or in your peer circle. So here's your to-do list. To-do number one, recognition. As the leader, your job is to catch people doing things right. When you do,

call it out, praise it and appreciate it. Why? Because what you appreciate appreciates. What gets

attention gets attended to. What you praise perpetuates. When you praise desired actions,

you multiply the likelihood that those actions will be

repeated in the future, and you unlock a cascade of positive outcomes that will reverberate

throughout the organization, the family, the peer circle. When a leader gives praise,

they're doing more than making somebody's day. They're boosting productivity,

increasing loyalty, and building a culture of excellence. It's a simple act that pays off in a big way, turning motivated teams into top performers and elevating the company's success.

Here's the bottom line. Dramatically increase your rate of recognition.

Number two, ask questions.

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