The Costly Lie You Should Never Tell

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4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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“Fake it ‘til you make it” might be the worst advice you’ve ever heard. Darren Hardy reveals a jaw-dropping story that proves honesty is the true path to success. One powerful moment changed everything—and it could change everything for you, too!

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0:27.6	the episode. Welcome to Darren Daily on demand, your most trusted resource to help you become
0:34.4	better every day. Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.
0:41.5	Okay, so today we're going to help you avoid some major life pitfalls here today.
0:47.7	You see, there's some really bad advice that's out there and it's popular these days.
0:52.7	This whole notion that if you don't know what you're
0:54.5	doing, if you're uncertain of what to do, just go and fake it. You know, pretend you know and
0:59.7	no one will be the wiser. Please don't do that. Let me tell you about someone who's experienced
1:08.4	themselves can serve as a warning and example of that terrible advice and this now
1:14.0	new important principle. Jimmy White was standing in the hallway outside of a conference room.
1:19.8	This was it, the biggest pitch of his career. At 23 years old, Jimmy had just started his own commercial and residential land
1:29.5	brokerage firm. Although opening his own business was never his plan, this only became the
1:35.5	plan after being interviewed 30 times at existing firms and being rejected at every one of them.
1:42.4	That then he decided to start his own firm. He named it White and Associates,
1:48.5	though at the moment Jimmy was the only associate. But that could all change. He was moments away
1:55.0	from persuading a bank to let White and Associates represent 2,000 acres of a 4,000 acre plot that was soon to be developed, and it was bank-owned land.
2:06.6	Jimmy knew the odds were against them. He lacked a national presence, a portfolio of past projects, or even a team to back him up.
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