Darren Hardy

The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy

Why I picked this book up: I am interested in reading some useful financial material so I picked it up.

Thoughts: In 'The Compound Effect', Darren Hardy reveals the core principles that drive success, and presents a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal successes in business, relationships, and beyond. This is an easy-to-use, step-by-step, no gimmicks, no hyperbole, no magic bullet operating system that allows you to multiply your success, chart your progress, and achieve anything you desire. It is based on the principle that decisions shape your destiny and how little, everyday decisions will, by default, either take you to the life you desire or to disaster. If you're serious about living an extraordinary life, you must use the power of this book to create the success you want. This book will teach you how to: Win—every single time Get rid of your bad habits, some of which even you might be unaware of Get yourself to do things you don’t feel like doing Recognize and utilize the powerful but elusive force of momentum Easily inculcate in yourself the important disciplines necessary for major breakthroughs Secrets that make super achievers accelerate past you on the road to success, amongst much more.

I loved this book. He gave great, useful, effective, supported ideas to succeed. He used funny things, has interesting and gathered lots pf things from others in his life and suggests practical things.

Why I finished this read: He seemed to be personal, logical, grounded and willing to help his readers. He made me laugh a couple times, seems to love his wife, appears structured, has plans and goals and seems to be doing it well

Stars rating: I read other reviews that were very negative but I liked it a lot and highly recommend reading this book and putting it into use.

I give this 5 out of 5 stars.… (more)