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The Compound Effect
by
Darren Hardy
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 publisher of SUCCESS magazine, author Darren Hardy has heard it all, seen it all, and tried most of it. This book reveals the core pr...more
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 publisher of SUCCESS magazine, author Darren Hardy has heard it all, seen it all, and tried most of it. This book reveals the core pr...more
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by SUCCESS Books
(first published September 20th 2011)
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Going to be honest, I'm pretty sure this book was written for me.
The Compound Effect is a motivational book about what he calls - wait for it - the Compound Effect. The concept is basically to say that smaller steps over a long period of time will have a greater, more beneficial and successful effect on your life than bigger steps in a shorter period of time (that most people will not stick to). I am the type of person that gets revved up to make a change, is all-in for about a month (tops), and...more
The Compound Effect is a motivational book about what he calls - wait for it - the Compound Effect. The concept is basically to say that smaller steps over a long period of time will have a greater, more beneficial and successful effect on your life than bigger steps in a shorter period of time (that most people will not stick to). I am the type of person that gets revved up to make a change, is all-in for about a month (tops), and...more
Darren Hardy provided to me some great insight in that we are what we have chosen to be. When you find yourself in that rut of life, all you have to do is go back and review those choices you made that brought you to this point.
When I first tried to read this book, I felt overwhelmed about the information that he was providing as I was clearly in a rut. As I tried to initially read this book several months ago, I realized that it was not going to be easy to climb out of that rut and I gave up. I...more
When I first tried to read this book, I felt overwhelmed about the information that he was providing as I was clearly in a rut. As I tried to initially read this book several months ago, I realized that it was not going to be easy to climb out of that rut and I gave up. I...more
Apr 17, 2012
Giber Becerra
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Este fue el primer libro que lei del año y no pudo venir en el mejor momento. “The Compound Effect” habla acerca del gran impacto que juegan las decisiones del dia a dia en el resultado de todo lo que manifestamos en nuestras vidas.
Desde estar sobre peso, endeudado, en banca rota, tener un pobre estado de salud, todo esto es el resultado de las pequeñas decisiones que tomamos en cada momento.
Cualquier cosa que deseamos manifestar en nuestras vidas, empieza con esfuerzos pequenos y consistentes y...more
Desde estar sobre peso, endeudado, en banca rota, tener un pobre estado de salud, todo esto es el resultado de las pequeñas decisiones que tomamos en cada momento.
Cualquier cosa que deseamos manifestar en nuestras vidas, empieza con esfuerzos pequenos y consistentes y...more
Hardy has written a fascinating book! Likely in the top 5 best books I've read.
I expected that he would discuss how compound interest works, but he turns the corner and effectively illustrates how a financial principle can be applied to one's life to have similar results. I quickly burned through a highlighter making notes throughout the book.
The best three principles I took from the book are:
1) The 1% Rule: This is a principle where a person makes small changes over a period of time. He demons...more
I expected that he would discuss how compound interest works, but he turns the corner and effectively illustrates how a financial principle can be applied to one's life to have similar results. I quickly burned through a highlighter making notes throughout the book.
The best three principles I took from the book are:
1) The 1% Rule: This is a principle where a person makes small changes over a period of time. He demons...more
This is a literary gem that breaks down our lives into a small series of decisions - a necessary action these days as our lives move at high speeds with little time left for self-reflection. I highly recommend this book to all my readers, and anyone looking to improve their lives one decision at a time.
Similarly, my book breaks apart the decision process of immigrant billionaires and identifies 12 Keys to Success that everyone can use. :
Similarly, my book breaks apart the decision process of immigrant billionaires and identifies 12 Keys to Success that everyone can use. :
A great book that raises an interesting point: the little decisions we make in our lives add up over time and make the difference between success and failure.
Hence the importance of getting the little things right - reading positive and informative books, exercising, staying inspired about our careers, etc. We reap direct rewards, but also indirect ones, as these have a sort of compound effect. Or to quote Darren Hardy's mentor Jim Rohn, for every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward....more
Hence the importance of getting the little things right - reading positive and informative books, exercising, staying inspired about our careers, etc. We reap direct rewards, but also indirect ones, as these have a sort of compound effect. Or to quote Darren Hardy's mentor Jim Rohn, for every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward....more
Great book for self-help fans. I needed this as it sometimes feels like we are plugging away for little return. This book reminds us that it is little efforts, repeatedly done, over time that give us an effect that compounds over time.
So a choice to blog twice a week means in 3 years, you will have an online platform that's worthwhile. Or to write 2000 words a week means you have a book in a year. Or to eat less sugar every day means losing weight over the long term.
This book reminds you of so...more
So a choice to blog twice a week means in 3 years, you will have an online platform that's worthwhile. Or to write 2000 words a week means you have a book in a year. Or to eat less sugar every day means losing weight over the long term.
This book reminds you of so...more
This is a book my Dad gave me to read and told me that it will help me with life problems. It is a book that talks about how you can be successful in life. It explains that everything you do effects the outcome to your life. It explains that if you eat healthy and work out, you will become healthy. But if you are making unhealthy choses it it is going to eventually catch up to you and make you an unhealthy person. This book is motivating and gives great advice. It makes it clear how can make you...more
I can totally get behind the concept of using the power of compounding to create valuable changes in your life, especially with regard to tracking – spending, habits, changes. You have to know what you’re doing to know what you want to change, and you have to know the effects of the changes you’re making in order to see a difference.
But in general, this book sort of left me bored – the examples aren’t specific enough and are too simple for anyone who’s ever read any kind of self-help or inspirat...more
But in general, this book sort of left me bored – the examples aren’t specific enough and are too simple for anyone who’s ever read any kind of self-help or inspirat...more
Quick read -- nothing earth shattering here by any means, but many good reminders about how to be more productive and the power of small, seemingly insignificant behaviors that are consistently repeated over time. If you want to achieve something BIG & significant in your life -- anything -- it begins with discipline and repetition of positive behaviors over a long period of time. But, repetition of bad behaviors over a period of time can be equally as harmful, so watch out - this works both...more
i really wanted to give this 2 stars because i didn't want to read it, but it was for a bookclub. it was very much like an infomercial. it had that feel to it. which would have been great had i wanted to pick it up. but it did contain a lot of good truths and things i wanted my kids to learn and he presented it in a very easy understandable way. the premise of the book is that if you do a little bit each day over time it compounds and you see amazing results. and the opposite is the people who s...more
Apr 20, 2013
Dominic Bellavance
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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lu-en-2013
Ce livre renferme quelques trucs que je vais appliquer. Néanmoins, il faut le lire avec un œil critique. L'argumentation est déficiente à plusieurs endroits (faites ceci et vous aurez du succès ASSURÉMENT!) On nous présente une sorte de dichotomie où, dans la vie, il y aurait les winners d'un bord et les loosers de l'autre, sans réelle nuance. On sait qu'en général, c'est loin d'être aussi simple.
You can read my full review at Quieted Waters.
The book doesn’t teach you any new lessons that haven’t been covered before elsewhere. In fact, Hardy, the publisher of SUCCESS magazine, frequently quotes successful men and women whom he has interviewed for the magazine. The strength of Hardy’s book is the simple, sustainable tips it offers....more
This is a great book to read if you’ve had trouble sustaining productivity, because it is motivational and offers achievable goals. Hardy’s principle — making s
Quick read with lots of pondering after. Couldn't put it down. Clearly outlines the strategy and execution principles of achieving greater and more successes in life. This is stuff you've always known but Hardy brings it all together and illustrates it in a way that empowers you to take action. Highly reccomend as an evaluation tool for personal and professional development
Reading this with a group. Each week we discuss the chapter read the previous week AND we are all committed to doing the work at the end of the chapter. The work at the end of the chapter can be skipped, or done on the surface, or really faced. I am doing my best to really face.
Some parts I like, others I do not.
I am intrigued by the graph presented in the first chapter showing a noticable difference after 27 months of a real change and a significant difference after 30 months. I looked back ov...more
Some parts I like, others I do not.
I am intrigued by the graph presented in the first chapter showing a noticable difference after 27 months of a real change and a significant difference after 30 months. I looked back ov...more
Sep 02, 2012
Createpei
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
friends, children, salesmen
Recommended to Createpei by:
Leigh-Ann Farrior
An excellent book with some truly excellent advice.
Mr. Hardy emphasizes the power of little incremental improvements over time to creating substantial impacts in life.
There are a plenty of extra nuggets that the author has included via weblinks scattered through-out the text.
I would rank this book up there along with my Think and Grow Rich; How to Win Friends and Influence People; my Zig Ziglar and Anthony Robbins books... classic and priceless and important for you to read today... ENJOY!
Mr. Hardy emphasizes the power of little incremental improvements over time to creating substantial impacts in life.
There are a plenty of extra nuggets that the author has included via weblinks scattered through-out the text.
I would rank this book up there along with my Think and Grow Rich; How to Win Friends and Influence People; my Zig Ziglar and Anthony Robbins books... classic and priceless and important for you to read today... ENJOY!
This book was an easy read, motivational, but a bit over done with success/failure stories. I kept thinking to myself, "Ok, I get it, let’s move on." That being said, it did have me analyzing my daily life and the choices I'm making, both intentionally and unintentionally, to see how they are effecting my long term goals.
The Compound Effect persuades and reinforces the principle that daily discipline is the way success is really achieved. I love what Hardy says about results. Everyday that you work on a goal the actual results for that day are totally insignificant. Maybe they are not noticeable, at all. Only after you've done it daily for weeks, months, or years do you often see the results.
This book is, more or less, a compilation of several other self-development books and philosophies. Nothing you haven't read before, if you've read the major authors in this field, but the delivery was so strong that it makes this one worth picking up. One of the best books I read in 2010.
The author is the publisher of Success Magazine, so you might want to take a look at that, if you're interested in finding more about him and his philosophy of self-development. In many ways, very "old school",...more
The author is the publisher of Success Magazine, so you might want to take a look at that, if you're interested in finding more about him and his philosophy of self-development. In many ways, very "old school",...more
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I really liked the idea of a little extra effort multiplying your growth exponentially. But I have to admit I had more of a negative feeling when I finished this than a positive one. As my own personal slave-driver, I'm always believing that no matter what I do, it's not good enough. So it was hard to hear that I should do a little more.
Whether finances, daily life, or career advancement this book describes in simplistic terms the effect of every day decisions and efforts. Minor changes in ones life and the compound effect that it can have upon you is absolutely incredible and often is the difference between success and failure.
I think you need the actual book for this. I should have read this instead of listened to the audio although I could imagine listening to the audio after having read the book just to hear and reinforce these strategies again. Lots of great ideas on how to make small changes and how they "compound." I have already sent it to my sister to enjoy.
this book shows how the principle of reaping huge rewards comes from a series of small, smart choices! The key to success is CONSISTENCY! Small, Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = the RADICAL DIFFERENCE! I learned how to make consistency work FOR me instead of against me!
It's an easy to read and straight forward roadmap for developing the techniques required to be successful in all aspects of your life. If you subscribe to Success Magazine then you've heard many of these stories and concepts already - and likely enjoy hearing them again, and again. Well done.
Jun 16, 2012
Rhonda Askeland
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This book gave practical ways for entrepreneurs to take their business to the next level. There are worksheets that help set and act on goals and actionable guidance to improve performance. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to increase their performance.
Clear guidelines on improving your life. Excellent ideas and ways to track progress, without pressuring the reader into believing true change can be accomplished in a few short weeks. A reasonable and doable approach to achieve success in various areas of your life.
Holy shit, this books is inspiring beyond belief ... i crunched through it in two days (to be fair it's not the longest read, though :)) and i am going to read it again. I would definitely recommend it to anyone and everyone.
This is an absolutely wonderful book on motivation - not just the theory - but how it works and how to get it to work for you. While no book is a "magic", anyone can put the information in this book to work.
One of the most effective book i have ever read in my life time.Your life can take a u turn in everything whatever you do in daily basics.Must reading book for all who want to achieve great things in life.
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