The Compound Effect discussion

A life changing book : The Compound Effect by -Darren Hardy. It is about how small actions, executed consistently, can lead to successful results, both in business and in life. The book teaches how decisions we make on a daily basis have a direct impact on the direction and ultimate success or failure that we experience in our lives. It gives you practical every day steps to create real change in your life. Darren wrote this book as a guide on how to take ownership of your own life through the small decisions you make on a daily basis.

3 Big Ideas from The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

1. THE COMPOUND EFFECT IN ACTION : “The Compound Effect is the principle of reaping huge rewards from a series of small, smart choices.” This idea behind The Compound Effect is that small consistent action over a long period of time has greater pay offs than intensely large but short changes. Hardy gives us a simple formula to explain:

SMALL, SMART CHOICES + CONSISTENCY + TIME = RADICAL DIFFERENCE.

2.Be Diligent and Consistent

To find radical change in every area of your life, you only need to take a series of tiny steps, but you need to do so consistently over a long period of time to improve your life.You won’t find success sitting on your couch wishing for it. You’ve got to do the hard work and stay consistent at it even when you aren’t seeing results.

3. YOUR DECISIONS DETERMINE YOUR DESTINY

You must begin by becoming aware of the choices you are making and how those choices impact your future. Things don’t just happen to you in life, they happen because somewhere along the line you made a choice that led to that moment. Our biggest challenge isn’t that we make bad choices willingly but that we make choices based on habits we’ve created.
We “sleepwalk” through choices unaware that we even make them. Just as The Compound Effect can work for you as you increase small, smart choices it can work against you (and probably has been) in the very same small, seemingly insignificant choices you make on a daily basis.
How this book changed my life :
The best thing about the book is that it teaches you to work hard. There is no such thing as an overnight success. You have to work hard considerably everyday to make the compound effect work in your favour. According to the Author, the Compound Effect is always at work. You can make it work for you or it will work against you. He gives the example of three friends. One friend tries to improve himself everyday. He spends some time with his wife, walks for half an hour everyday, cuts 125 calories less in his diet and reads motivational books everyday. The second friend does nothing and is a little bitter about life. The third friend rarely exercises, spends an enormous amount of hours watching TV everyday, takes his wife for granted and has a cookie and beer everyday to enjoy life.
The result after 2 and a half years: The third friend is now obese, has got health problems and loses his job and wife. The second friend remains the same and now is more bitter than before. The first friend remains trim, has a happy relationship with his wife and gets a job promotion.

You can see the compound effect in action.

The Author gives lots of examples like the one above. The plane analogy, the pump analogy and the steam engine analogy.

It is the small things we do in life that makes the biggest of differences. You don’t become obese overnight nor do you lose your wealth instantly. It is all a compound effect of bad decisions taken almost everyday over a considerable period of time.

Most importantly the Author has some very practical suggestions to implement good habits and get rid of bad ones. So if you want to lose weight, what many people do, is to buy an expensive gym membership, new gym clothes and shoes to exercise. They work out intensively for an hour a day for 7 days. Then they give up disappointed with the results. Instead the Author suggests that it is better to walk 10 minutes a day and slowly increase it till it becomes a habit like brushing your teeth. In this way you will have long-lasting impact for your health.The Compound effect is always in action be it finance, business, health, relationships or your spirituality.

It is also important to take things slowly. Work everyday and without burning out, you will have the compound effect giving you the biggest momentum in a few years time.
I am already implementing his advice in my life and feel that in taking things slowly, I am able to adopt healthier long-lasting habits.I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants success in life whether it is being healthy, relationship improvement or your wealth.

Life Changing Book.

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