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Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.

I still remember the day that I sat down with the legendary Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric,

and arguably one of the most consequential business

leaders of the 20th century.

I was conducting an exclusive interview that would go on to the CD that we bound inside

each issue of Success Magazine.

Jack had a reputation for distilling profound wisdom with enviable clarity.

And true to form that day, he shared a piece of advice so poignant that it felt

like a spotlight piercing through the fog of complexity that often shrouds business leadership.

However, when my team and I reviewed the recording, we were gutted. Why? In audio engineering,

there is a term called Separate the Signal from the Noise.

It refers to isolating, meaningful, and desired sound, the signal, from the unwanted sounds or disturbances.

The noise.

Jack's headset, Jack, had created distortion noise right when he made his profound statement.

The golden nugget Jack had shared was lost forever in the noise.

His signal was inseparable from the noise.

We faced this same engineering problem in trying to run a successful business and lead a

fulfilling life each day, figuring out how to separate the signal from the noise.

Our lives, both professional and personal,

are awash with noise. The challenge is learning how to separate out the noise from the signal,

the crucial, valuable information or actions. Think about it in the context of your business.

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