The compound effect book was among those five books that were gifted to me by one of my respectable clients. And literally, I found this book so helpful and informative. It removed my blinders and surprised me with the phenomenon of the compound effect of our small or simple actions, behaviours, and habits that lead to something big and significant!

Maybe you know the meaning of the Compound Effect, but let me explain it to those who don’t know. According to Darren Hardy, the compound effect is the principle of reaping huge rewards from a series of small, smart choices. You gain massive results from small changes.

Whether it’s fitness, career success, family well-being, or financial abundance, the compound effect can help us get there. Well, I am sharing some valuable points from the book that would be helpful for you also. Let’s start!

Helpful Lessons From The Book The Compound Effect

LESSON 1:

“Everything in your life exists because you first made a CHOICE about something. Choices are at the root of every one of your results. Each choice starts a behavior that, over time, becomes a habit. Choose poorly, and you just might find yourself back at the drawing board, forced to make new, often harder choices. Don’t choose at all, and you’ve made a choice to be the passive receiver of whatever comes your way.”

LESSON 2:

Some people fail due to their success. Because after achieving success, they stopped doing what made them successful to begin with. For this reason, their success clouded their perspective, and they slacked off.

LESSON 3:

“Always take 100 per cent responsibility for everything you experienced—completely owning all of your choices and all the ways you responded to whatever happened to you. It’s a great power to hold. So make yourself responsible for everything you did, didn’t do, or how you responded to what was done to me to experience success. “You have to be willing to give 100 per cent with zero expectation of receiving anything in return.””

LESSON 4:

“You can change things only when you have an awareness of them. If you want to get from where you are to where you want to be. You have to start by becoming aware of the choices that lead you away from your desired destination.

For this, you need to track every action that is related to your desired destination. For example, track every penny you spend if you want to save money for investment. This way, you will know how much you are wasting that could be easily saved. Simply carry around a small notebook, something you’ll keep in your pocket or purse at all times, and a writing instrument. You’re going to write it all down. Every day. Without fail. No excuses, no exceptions.”

LESSON 5:

Moreover, embrace the power of habit to change bad habits into good habits. Here is one of the best examples from the compound effect book:

“A wise teacher was taking a stroll through the forest with a young pupil and stopped before a tiny tree. “Pull up that sapling,” the teacher instructed his pupil, pointing to a sprout just coming up from the earth. The youngster pulled it up easily with his fingers. “Now pull up that one,” said the teacher, indicating a more established sapling that had grown to about knee high to the boy. With little effort, the lad yanked, and the tree came up, roots and all. “And now, this one,” said the teacher, nodding toward a more well-developed evergreen that was as tall as the young pupil. With great effort, throwing all his weight and strength into the task, using sticks and stones he found to pry up the stubborn roots. The boy finally got the tree loose. “Now,” the wise one said, “I’d like you to pull this one up.” The young boy followed the teacher’s gaze, which fell upon a mighty oak so tall the boy could scarcely see the top. Knowing the great struggle he’d just had pulling up the much smaller tree, he simply told his teacher, “I am sorry, but I can’t.” “My son, you have just demonstrated the power that habits will have over your life!” the teacher exclaimed. “The older they are, the bigger they get, the deeper the roots grow, and the harder they are to uproot. Some get so big, with roots so deep, you might hesitate to even try.””

LESSON 6:

“Your choices are only meaningful when you connect them to your desires and dreams. The wisest and most motivating choices are the ones aligned with that which you identify as your purpose, your core self, and your highest values. You’ve got to want something and know why you want it, or you’ll end up giving up too easily.”

LESSON 7:

“Only think about the things that you want in life. Or those things that will make you successful. Because our brain is always trying to align our outer world with what we’re seeing and expecting in our inner world. So, when you instruct your brain to look for the things you want, you will begin to see them. We are bombarded with billions of sensory (visual, audio, physical) bites of information each day. To keep ourselves from going insane, we ignore 99.9 percent of them, only really seeing, hearing, or experiencing those upon which our MIND FOCUSES.”

“This is why, when you “think” something, it appears that you are miraculously drawing it into your life. In reality, you’re now just seeing what was already there. This is how the LAW of ATTRACTION works.”

 LESSON 8:

“Everyone is affected by three kinds of influences: input (what you feed your mind), associations (the people with whom you spend time), and environment (your surroundings). For you to sustain your positive trajectory toward your goals, you’ll need to understand and govern these influences so they will support rather than derail your journey toward success.”

LESSON 9:

“Having a mentor or coach is a must for success. If you want success, you need to invest in mentorship. The most successful people, the truly top performers, are the ones willing to hire and pay for the best coaches and trainers there are. It pays to invest in your improved performance.”

LESSON 10:

“Environment or your surroundings is another key factor that determines your success. Creating a positive environment to support your success means clearing out all the clutter in your life. Not just the physical clutter that makes it hard for you to work productively and efficiently (although that’s important too!). But also the psychic clutter of whatever around you isn’t working, whatever’s broken, whatever makes you cringe. Each and every incomplete thing in your life exerts a draining force on you, sucking the energy of accomplishment and success out of you as surely as a vampire stealing your blood. Every incomplete promise, commitment, and agreement saps your strength. Because it blocks your momentum and inhibits your ability to move forward.”

LESSON 11:

Do better than expected. Go for extra effort.

LESSON 12:

Whatever you want to achieve, first give it to others. As the author mentioned in the book,

“Whatever I want in life, I’ve found that the best way to get it is to focus my energy on giving to others. If I want to boost my confidence, I look for ways to help someone else feel more confident; if I want to feel more hopeful, positive, and inspired, I try to infuse that into someone else’s day. If I want more success for myself, the fastest way to get it is to go about helping someone else obtain it. The ripple effect of helping others and giving generously of your time and energy is that you become the biggest beneficiary of your personal philanthropy. As the first simple and small step I’d like you to take in improving the trajectory of your life, I ask you to try this philosophy in your own life.”

So, hese were the most important lessons from “The Compound Effect” book that literally helped me a lot and hundreds of people around the globe too. Just buy a copy of the book and read it with your heart and soul. I am sure you will be able to manifest the best of what you desire.

All the best! 🙂