# The Brutal Choice Winners Make Daily Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/darrendaily-on-demand-619408/the-brutal-choice-winners-make-daily Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/darrendaily-on-demand-619408/the-brutal-choice-winners-make-daily.md Podcast: [DarrenDaily On-Demand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/darrendaily-on-demand-619408) Published: 2026-05-06T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://darrenhardy.com/darrendaily-on-demand/ Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/darrendailyondemand/DDOD-Episode_1948_Mixdown.mp3?dest-id=971339 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/darrendaily-on-demand-619408/episodes/the-brutal-choice-winners-make-daily Duration seconds: 304 ## Resource Most people think pride is a performance problem. In this episode of DarrenDaily On-Demand, Darren Hardy argues that it is something far more costly and traces the one force quietly driving most bad decisions, stalled careers, and broken relationships. Darren shares a story from his own career... a hiring decision he held on to far too long and what it ended up costing him. The episode highlights the damage this has in business, parenting, health, and friendships. Get more personal mentoring from Darren each day. Go to DarrenDaily at http://darrendaily.com/join to learn more. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/darrendaily-on-demand-619408/episodes/the-brutal-choice-winners-make-daily/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/darrendaily-on-demand-619408/the-brutal-choice-winners-make-daily.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.