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May 2025
7m 58s

The Fatal Flaw in Smart Decision-Making

DARREN HARDY LLC
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Perfect is the enemy of profitable. Darren Hardy pulls back the curtain on a painful $400 million lesson—and what it revealed about decision-making, momentum, and missed opportunity. Stop letting perfection slow your momentum! There's a rule that high-performers live by—and it might surprise you.

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