The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy is one of those books that falls into the same category of what it is trying to teach. It is easy to understand and most all will agree the principles would be easy to apply, yet it becomes too easy that we just don’t do it. Darren Hardy has been a business leader in the personal development industry for 20+ years. He shares the strategy and steps to creating the success you have been longing for. 

In the first section of this book, Hardy helps explain the compound effect of combining the core principles that we learned from The Talent Code, practice, ignite, and coach, to begin to master success. There are huge rewards from small choices made consistently. Every choice leads to a habit, which beings to shape our future. Success doesn’t happen overnight and this book explains the basic fundamentals it takes. Don’t stop doing the little things that have made you successful. 

“Here’s the bottom line: You already know all that you need to succeed. You don’t need to learn anything more. If all we needed was more information, everyone with an Internet connection would live in a mansion, have abs of steel, and be blissfully happy. New or more information is not what you need—a new plan of action is.”

Small, Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = Radical Difference 

Even though most have heard and been taught this principle it is still a huge takeaway. The smallest of choices have an effect on the trajectory our lives take. The slightest degree of change over time makes a radical difference in the long run.

Our choices are every day, not just a New Year's resolution, or the start of summer goal but something we constantly need to be AWARE of. With that, it’s not an easy task to do but if we can be aware of just a few good and bad choices made each week/month that can make a significant change in the direction of our lives and happiness. 

As humans, it's easy to fall into the routine and just coast through the days, weeks, months, years of our lives. The more we can be awake and aware of what is motivating us or what our big crazy goals are the more likely we will be able to make the small choices to get us what we really want.