In the pursuit of success, how often do we find ourselves wrapped in situations that seem to drain

every ounce of passion and joy from our lives? Imagine waking up every day to a business or job

that feels more like punishment than a profession, a business or job that test your patience

and challenges your very essence. That is what life was like for Lou. Maybe you can

relate. Welcome to Darren Daily on demand, your most trusted resource to help you become better

every day. Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy. In the pursuit of success, how often do we find ourselves wrapped in situations that seem to drain every ounce of passion and joy from our lives?

Imagine waking up every day to a business or job that feels more like punishment than a profession, a business or job that test your patience and challenges your

very essence. That is what life was like for Lou. Maybe you can relate. Lou felt like he had the

most despicable job in the world. Thankless, low paying, excruciatingly boring and terrifying. He taught

physical education in an elementary school.

And Lou, it was the children themselves that made the job so disagreeable. They hated Lou,

and he hated them right back. All day they were wild and screaming. They did whatever they

liked, whenever they liked. Lou would tell his friends,

I want to kill every last one of them. But he swore that he would stick it out until something

really big came along. And at last, something did. Lou started selling insurance. Now, he kept on

teaching, if you can call it that, at the same time. In fact, he almost had to.

You see, the insurance company made an agreement with the school administrator. The administrator

would call the parents and then tell him that Lou would be visiting them. And then Lou would show up

and pitch a policy. He made a point of arriving just at meal time. That way, he stood the best chance of

finding the entire family at home. Of course, none of the parents would ever want to buy insurance,

not at first, but Lou kept talking, and he kept talking, and he kept talking, and he kept talking,

and so persuasively that eventually most of his prospective clients came around. And before long,

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