The Trap That Destroys Champions (Don't Get Caught!)

About this episode

Darren Hardy discusses a psychological trap that high achievers face, illustrated by Bill Walsh's experiences.

There is a trap hidden inside every ambitious person's relationship with winning and one of the greatest coaches in NFL history fell directly into it. In this episode of DarrenDaily On-Demand, Darren Hardy draws on Bill Walsh's own confession to reveal a psychological pattern that traps high achievers and what it actually means to define success. This episode digs into what happened and why it is far more common among driven people than most admit. Get more personal mentoring from Darren each day. Go to DarrenDaily at http://darrendaily.com/join to learn more.

People in this episode

Host: Darren Hardy

Topics covered

• success
• psychological patterns
• high achievers
• winning
• coaching

Keywords

• success
• high achievers
• psychological trap
• winning
• Bill Walsh

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NFL

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