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Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.

You want to know what separates those who keep growing from those who plateau?

It's not their skills.

It's not their knowledge.

It's not even their drive. It's their

ability to let go. To shed old skin, to release old limits, to become somebody new. In fact,

in today's world of constant change, your ability to let go might be your most valuable skill.

I recently studied 100 breakthrough success case studies,

and it provided examples across every industry and throughout every level within a company.

And I discovered something intensely fascinating. Eighty-nine percent of the biggest

breakthroughs came right after they let go. After the leaders of those companies, let go of what used to make them successful.

Think about that. The very things that got them there were exactly the things blocking them

from getting and going forward. Let me give you an example. I was working with the CEO of a $2 billion

company, and this guy was super nice. In fact, everybody called him,

quote, Mr. Nice Guy. He was known for his constant open door, his patient listening ear, his always

kind approach. But his company was dying. I know what I needed to do, he told me, but doing it

means, and his voice cracked, losing who I am. Yeah, it would, I confirmed.

To save the company, he had to make hard cuts, have hard and difficult conversations, and

set painful boundaries.

He had to kill his Mr. Nice Guy image, to become the leader his company needed that

his role demanded.

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