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No gimmicks. No Hyperbole. No Magic Bullet. The Compound Effect is based on the principle that decisions shape your destiny. Little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. Darren Hardy, publisher of Success Magazine, presents The Compound Effect, a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond. This easy-to-use, step-by-step operating system allows you to multiply your success, chart your progress, and achieve any desire. If you’re serious about living an extraordinary life, use the power of The Compound Effect to create the success you want.

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“Darren Hardy has written a new ‘bible’ for the self-improvement space. If you are looking for the ‘real deal,’ a real program, with real tools that can change your life and make your dreams a reality, The Compound Effect is it!”
—David Bach, financial expert and bestselling author of The Automatic Millionaire

“Simple, direct, and to the point—these are the principles that have guided my life and every top business leader I know. This book will show you the way to your own greater success, happiness, and fulfillment.”
—Donny Deutsch, TV host and chairman of Deutsch, Inc.

“Einstein said, ‘Compounding is the eighth wonder of the world.’ To compound your successes, read, apprehend, comprehend, and fully use my friend Darren Hardy’s brilliance to realize all your dreams, hopes, and desires.”
—Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the #1 New York Times bestselling series Chicken Soup for the Soul

“A treasure chest of ideas for achieving greater success than you ever thought possible!”
—Brian Tracy, speaker and author of Maximum Achievement

About the Author

Darren Hardy is the visionary force behind SUCCESS magazine as its Publisher and Founding Editor. As a business leader in the success industry for two decades, Darren has had unique and unfettered access to the most successful people on the planet, including Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, Donald Trump, Howard Schultz, Charles Schwab, Jeff Bezos and many more. He has uncovered the secrets to their success and now reveals them to over 2 million people each month through the pages of SUCCESS, his blog, Twitter, Facebook, and before live audiences of entrepreneurs across the country. Darren distills the best of the best information and strategies available, mixing in his own street-tested principles of success.

Darren also mentors many of today's high-performing CEOs, advises many large corporations and sits on the board of several companies and non-profit organizations.

Darren is also a highly sought after keynote speaker and media contributor. Darren lives in San Diego, California with his wife Georgia and his two canine children LucyLu and Tex.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vanguard Press; CSM edition (October 2, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 159315724X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1593157241
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches

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Darren Hardy is today’s preeminent Success Mentor having been a central business leader in the personal growth and success industry now for more than 25 years. He has led three success television networks producing over 1,000 TV shows featuring most every influential thought leader of our times. And for eight years Darren led the rebirth of SUCCESS Magazine as its publisher and founding editor.

These positions have given Darren unprecedented access to interview, investigate and publish the stories of the most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders in the world, including Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Howard Schultz, Steve Wynn, Jack Welch and many more.

Through this special access Darren has been able to uncover the strategies and methods that have powered the most successful people in the world, mixing in lessons and discoveries from his successful entrepreneurial journey and he now distills these coveted insights to mentor and empower millions of achievers globally.

Darren is also a highly sought-after keynote speaker, media contributor and the New York Times bestselling author of The Compound Effect and Living Your Best Year Ever and his The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster--Why Now is the Time to #JoinTheRide

Darren’s mission is to Positively Influence Influencers… and to be a guide for those who choose to… Be The Exception."

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There’s a lot in this book that really resonated with me. I am plotting my way out of a very difficult situation and need this guidance. I’m watching Darren Daily and finding ways to get better everyday.

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The Compound Effect - A great book

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Title and Author: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

Synopsis of Content:
Darren Hardy, successful businessman, public speaker and editor of Success Magazine provides in The Compound Effect a careful study of those things we must do and those we must avoid to be successful. He teaches how small efforts, repeated over time, create compound effects - that is - they build into a much larger accomplishment than one might realize as one does the small things each day.

Likewise the compound effect also works to defeat us if we fail to do the right things each day or do the wrong things each day. That one candy bar once a week for example, adds pounds to us over the course of a year. That one apple each day can help foster greater health over time.

Hardy begins by describing how the compound effect works both to our benefit and our detriment and demonstrates how crucial it is to be aware of what we are doing and take control of the things that matter. It is about forming and sustaining good habits and defeating bad ones.

He then explains how the choices we make each day influence and drives our outcomes. He describes how positive habits build us up and create long term achievement while bad habits do the opposite.

Next he discusses momentum - how small steps taking deliberately and consistently over time build momentum which then makes it all easier and more effective over time. He explains the power of rhythm and consistency in what we do.

Finally he discusses the power of influence upon us, both good and bad, from the people with whom we associate, the things we choose to do, the way we spend our time, etc.

The book also includes various resources that you can obtain access to on-line which can deepen your experience and put the lessons learned into practice.

Some have criticized The Compound Effect as just another version of the same old ideas found in a thousand success or self-help books. In a sense this is true and Hardy, who is an unapologetic fan of Jim Rohn, cites Rohn's observation that the principles of success are never new - they are time tested and ancient. We fail to benefit from them to the extent we fail to understand them or more often to the extent we fail to heed them.

What Hardy does in this book is repackage these ancient ideas in a more modern discussion and format using helpful illustrations and his own unique perspective about how they have worked for him and many others. There is always value in this. The more we can see how others have learned from these principles and applied them the more we will understand how we can do the same.

Hardy was raised in a very disciplined manner by a rather harsh father who was a no nonsense sports coach. With this background he naturally is comfortable with the kinds of self-discipline he urges upon the reader to achieve at a higher level. For those who are lazy or just dislike the rigor of self-discipline this book may not offer much. For anyone who is willing to do the work this book is an excellent introduction into what works.

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Anyone who is serious about improving their lives and their outcomes can benefit from this book. It is an easy read and contains a lot of practical lessons on how to implement these ideas.

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The book is well written and easy to read. It is well organized and contains enough repetition to be instructive but not so much as to be redundant.

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Darren Hardy was a self-made millionaire at a young age and successful in business for many years before moving into the success industry. He is an author, speaker, mentor and editor of Success magazine.

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You can learn more about Hardy at [...] . See also thecompoundeffect.com.

Three Great Ideas You Can Use:

1. A great tool to determine how well or how poorly you are actually doing in any area of your life is tracking. By keeping a small notebook with you at all times and writing down what you are doing or failing to do in any area you wish to improve you will gain tremendous insight into your own success and failure.

2. You cannot change your life or improve your life unless and until you accept complete and unconditional responsibility for your own life. This sounds simple, and it is, but it is not always easy. It is however essential to make genuine progress.

3. One of the biggest secrets to success is to eliminate bad habits and replace them with good ones. This requires intentional planning and requires disciplined action for at least a month, often longer. It will be worth the effort.

Publication Information:
The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy. Copyright 2010 by Success Media; published by Vanguard Press.

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Worth the read!

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"The Compound Effect" is a game-changer! Darren Hardy's insights on small, consistent actions leading to significant results are eye-opening. The book's practical approach and real-life examples make it easy to apply in everyday life. It's a motivational guide that nudges you to make positive changes, no matter how small. If you're looking for a blueprint for success and personal development, this book is a must-read!

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Just what I needed. Easy read. Love this book. It’s a must read!

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This book is fully of gem , certainly used as everyday practices

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If you need a book to help jumpstart any aspect of your life THIS IS IT!
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A must read!

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I recommend this book to anyone searching change in their lives. A better version of themselves in every aspect of their life. Marriage, business, work, friendship…
This is one of the best and most inspiring books I have ever read. Time to take action!

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"The Compound Effect" by Darren Hardy explores the power of small, consistent actions in achieving significant results over time. I appreciated how Hardy emphasizes the idea that success is not the result of massive overnight changes but rather the accumulation of small, daily habits. The book provides practical advice on how to harness the compound effect in various aspects of life, from personal development to career and relationships; not all of them might be applicable, it's up to us to extract and apply what we can. After reading it, I believe that "The Compound Effect" offers a a good start for creating changes in your life.

Tanang Taku

Good for beginner readers

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I have read many books on productivity before reading this one. Atomic habits is one of them. Both the books have kind of same ideas but I find this to be more theoretical, lacking in providing methods. However it is a great read and very transformative.

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Sharad

I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants success in life

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I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants success in life

I am not a great believer in get rich quick schemes, lose weight in 7 days, love at first sight, etc and so does this book.
This book is very different from the nonsense that media fills your mind everyday.
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 favour of you.
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 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.

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Sunil Kumar

Very practical,no nonsense but using common sense

Reviewed in India on December 6, 2023

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Very practical,no nonsense but using common sense
I liked the practical examples shared rather the typical self help book.keeps u engaged

Vic Manuja

Apply the concepts for great returns in life.

Reviewed in India on November 29, 2023

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The concepts in this book are simple and easy to apply. These are applicable in all aspects of life.
Read and do it to get great results.

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