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Why Most People Never Escape Mediocrity

DarrenDaily On-Demand

Darren Hardy LLC

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

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Too many delay their next move—waiting for the right partner, plan, or moment. Darren Hardy delivers a powerful challenge to those holding back. This isn’t about motivation—it’s about awakening the strength that’s already within you and proving you don’t need permission to move forward.

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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.

0:13.5

Good morning, Darren Daly, friends.

0:15.2

So this morning, I want to ask you a question.

0:18.3

What are you waiting for?

0:23.1

Let me tell you a story. In a rural area,

0:28.0

a farmer was tending to his horse named Buddy. And along came a stranger who desperately needed the farmer's help. The stranger had lost control of his vehicle and ran it off into a ditch.

0:33.3

The stranger asked if the farmer could use his horse to somehow pull the vehicle out of the ditch for him, explaining that his vehicle was small and a horse could probably do it.

0:43.2

The farmer said that he would come and bring his horse and take a look, but could not promise that he could help.

0:49.1

If his horse might be injured in some way attempting to pull out the vehicle, then he would have to pass.

0:53.5

The farmer said that the stranger was correct.

0:56.0

The vehicle was in the ditch and that it was small.

0:59.3

So the farmer took the rope, fixed it, so that the horse buddy would be able to pull the vehicle

1:04.5

out of the ditch.

1:05.7

The farmer then said, pull, Casey, pull, but the horse would not budge.

1:10.1

The farmer then said, pull Bailey, pull, but the horse would not budge. The farmer then said, pull Bailey, pull, but the horse would not budge. Then the farmer said, pull, Mandy, pull. And again, the horse would not move. The farmer then said, pull buddy, pull. And the horse pulled until the vehicle was out of the ditch. The stranger was so very grateful, but asked the

1:29.2

farmer why he called the horse by so many different names. The farmer said, well, buddy is blind,

1:35.8

and I had to make him think that he had help pulling the car out of the ditch, or he wouldn't

1:40.8

have pulled at all. So, are you waiting for others around you in order for you to put your shoulder to the task

1:49.8

and just get after it by yourself, yourself?

1:53.7

Are you waiting until you get help, until you get instruction, until you get assistance

1:59.1

in order for you to accomplish something

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