Welcome to Darren Daly on demand, your most trusted resource to help you become better every day.

Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.

I just discovered why you might be operating at only 25% of your potential.

And it's not what you think. In fact, it's something so

simple yet so powerful that when I share it with you here today, you'll wonder why you never saw

it before. It has nothing to do with your morning routine, your productivity system, your time

management skills. It's actually about how you handle failure. Let me explain.

I was working with a CEO recently who was frustrated with his performance.

I started strong, he told me, but unexpected setbacks or derailments always seem to mess up

my whole day and it gets shot.

Does that sound familiar?

That's when I remembered a conversation I had with a former NFL coach, a Hall of Fame NFL coach, who led three teams to Super Bowls.

He shared something profound about how champions think differently, about time and about performance.

He said, most people see a game as one unit, but we see it as four distinct quarters.

Why, I asked. His answer gave me a big aha that I want to share with you here now.

He said because in football, he said, even the best players are only good for two to three quarters, max.

Let that sink in.

The best athletes in the world expect to lose a quarter or two every single game.

But here's the big insight.

They never let a bad quarter dictate the next one.

They reset and treat each quarter as a brand new fresh start.

It cleanses a light, a new game.

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