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The One Thing Every Great Leader Forgets on Their Way to the Top

DarrenDaily On-Demand

Darren Hardy LLC

Leadership, Teams, Success, Highachiever, Entrepreneurship, Darrendaily, Personaldevelopment, Darrenhardy, Business, Careers, Selfimprovement, Productivity

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A simple act of kindness changed a champion's life and offers a guiding reminder for daily conduct. Darren Hardy guides listeners through moments that demand grace, humility, and patience, and urges each of us to look deeper before judging others.

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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.

0:13.6

Brandon Matthews, standing on the green of his third extra hole playoff at the Argentine Open,

0:18.4

described the silence around the green as deafening.

0:21.8

At stake, other than victory on the PGA Tour Latin America, was a guaranteed spot at the

0:27.7

next year's British Open Championship at Royal St. George's.

0:31.4

Playoff adversary, Ricardo Celia, had just drained a 32-foot putt to apply pressure.

0:37.4

To stay alive, Matthews only had to make his eight-foot putt to apply pressure. To stay alive, Matthews only had to make

0:40.2

his eight-foot putt. Matthews said, quote, I've been putting really well all week, and I had

0:45.0

no doubt that I was going to make the putt. As Matthew drew back his putter blade, a spectator

0:50.9

from the crowd screamed. Matthews flinched and missed the putt.

0:55.8

Matthews threw up his hands and disgust and said angrily, come on guys, seriously?

1:02.4

The match was over.

1:03.8

He had lost.

1:04.8

The interruption cost him the tournament and his spot at the British Open.

1:09.8

As Matthews walked off the green in defeat, he stared glaringly

1:13.7

into the crowd. He said, I thought that somebody had done it intentionally. In the locker room,

1:19.6

a short time later, Matthews was informed by a tour official that the man who had made the noise

1:24.2

was a fan with Down syndrome. In fact, he was such a fan of Matthews that

1:29.6

he couldn't contain his excitement for him, so he yelped. The tour official said Matthew's face

1:35.2

changed when he learned about the fan and said, quote, he almost broke into tears. Matthews' mother

1:41.3

managed group homes for Down syndrome and his best friend had a sister with Down syndrome. You need to take me to this guy right away, said Matthews' mother managed group homes for Down syndrome, and his best friend had a sister with Down syndrome.

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