What It's About

Do you want success?

More success than you have now?

And even more success than you ever imagined possible?

That is what this book is about.

Achieving it.

No gimmicks. No hyperbole. Finally, just the truth on what it takes to earn success

As the central curator of the success media industry for over 25 years, author Darren Hardy has heard it all, seen it all, and tried most of it. This book reveals the core principles that drive success.

The Compound Effect contains the essence of what every super achiever needs to know, practice, and master to obtain extraordinary success. Inside you will find strategies on:

• How to win—every time! The No. 1 strategy to achieve any goal and triumph over any competitor, even if they're smarter, more talented or more experienced.
• Eradicating your bad habits (some you might be unaware of!) that are derailing your progress.
• Painlessly installing the few key disciplines required for major breakthroughs.
• The real, lasting keys to motivation—how to get yourself to do things you don't feel like doing.
• Capturing the elusive, awesome force of momentum. Catch this, and you'll be unstoppable.
• The acceleration secrets of super achievers. Do they have an unfair advantage? Yes, they do, and now you can too!

If you're serious about living an extraordinary life, use the power of

The Compound Effect

to create the success you desire. Begin your journey today!

My Thoughts

Notes

What’s in it for me? Learn how to take control of your life, reach your goals, and push past your limits.

Why do we think we can just wake up and snap our fingers and change everything?

Not only is it unlikely to happen, it’s also potentially dangerous. The Compound Effect offers another path. Build up momentum, make a plan, slowly change your bad habit into good ones and tackle our personal limits.

From the publisher of Success Magazine, the Compound Effect presents a concrete how-to-guide for reaching your goals of becoming successful.

Immediate results are less rewarding than steady improvement.

We’re all looking for immediate results these days.

But really, it’s long term changes that produce positive differences and are far more rewarding. The more quickly we reach a goal, the bigger the consequences can be. It’s not healthy to expect instantaneous results.

What you need to do is to take little steps because daily small positive actions are the secret to long-term success.

Using the compound effect means knowing that every decisions you make creates your destiny and that you must work consistently before you can experience success.

Then when you reach your goals, you have to maintain discipline if you wish to build on them, or your hard work will be for nothing. Avoid becoming dismayed when you don’t see immediate effects and to ensure you keep generating good results.

Transform your life goals into daily habits.

Our choices are what shape our destiny and we are responsible for what we do or don’t do. It’s these seemingly insignificant decisions that prevents us from being successful.

It’s hard to admit that you alone are responsible for your actions. Maybe I think it’s bad luck, but that’s just an excuse for your poor choices.

You need to connect your decisions with the right motivation and clear goals, because when you have defined goals, you can focus on them far more effectively.

Consider areas of business, health, spirituality, family, and lifestyle and note down all the attributes, behaviors, and characteristics you need to reach those goals and try to apply them to your everyday life.

It also helps if you’re surrounded by people with similar goals to you and if you have patience with yourself.

Create a routine to keep your momentum going.

If you keep your healthy behavior up for a long enough time, you’ll fall into a natural consistent rhythm. The Big Momentum. It’s the most powerful driving force for success.

To keep your momentum rolling, your healthy behavior has to be built into your daily routine, so you’ll need a plan. Remember to be realistic and don’t try to do everything in a short period of time. Instead, create routine that enables you to ease into your new life.

When building momentum, the length of time you work out isn’t that important. What matters is that you keep showing up. Next, eliminate situations that cause you to stray from your goals.

Commercials, news about war, and so on can wreak havoc on your attitude and expectations. Instead of turning into the news, why not listen to an inspirational CD or chat with someone you love? Finally, be aware of your environment. Sometimes you have to change it in order to fulfill your dreams. People too influence you significantly, so keep supportive folks around to keep your momentum going.

Embrace obstacles to accelerate your path to success.

As you progress you’re bound to hit some personal limits. The questions is, will you stop pushing or will you break through the wall?

The wall of your discipline and routine represents the gap between your old self and your improved, stronger self. You’ll find your new habits will compound and you’ll change into a more successful person. So when you think you come to the limit of what you think you can achieve, push through that limit to get quicker results and multiply your success.

Pushing through your personal limits will only make you stronger. You already now how to be disciplined, make good choices and build momentum without your old self-destructive behavior. So choose to push through and you’ll find you won’t just achieve your goal, you’ll also be even stronger.

It’s always to your own benefit to push yourself a little more, go for a little longer and prepare a little better. The author invests a grat eal of time researchnig all he can about companies to whom he gives keynote speaches. The extra work he puts in is more than what’s expected of him and this makes his speeches extremely popular. So if you want yourself ahead of others and your old self , you need to break through your limits.

Final Summary

The main insight is that the key to success is realize that you’re responsible for your life, forming healthy daily habits, cultivating discipline and pushing past your comfort zone. Getting to your goals at lightning speed can sometimes be detrimental and is often not possible. Instead, steady progress and patience will get you where you really want to be.

Quotes

The rhythm of daily action aligned with your goals creates the momentum that separates dreamers from super-achievers
— Darren Hardy