Lessons from "The Compound Effect" book

  1. Never stop doing what made you successful. People get to a certain level of success and become too comfortable
  2. Your only path to success is through a continuum of mundane, unsexy, unexciting, and sometimes difficult daily disciplines compounded over time.
  3. Take 100% responsibility for the decisions you take
  4. Lick your wounds, learn the lesson and move on
  5. All winners are trackers. They track what they do or are about to do.
  6. Every time you spend a buck today it's like taking 5 dollars out of your future pocket(5X in 20 years)
  7. Buy things looking at future price adjusting inflation and returns on investment
  8. The difference between no 1 and no 10 players is minuscule but prize money is 5X
  9. Just do 1/10th of 1% improvement each day
  10. Your life is the product of your moment-to-moment choices
  11. Losing is a habit. so is winning.
  12. We are born with instincts but no habits at all
  13. Unlearn habits that aren't serving you well
  14. Think your way out of the instant gratification trap
  15. You've got to want something, and know why you want it, or you'll end up giving up too easily
  16. Is your why power great enough? Ask why you are doing the things you are doing.
  17. The compound effect is always working and it will always take you somewhere
  18. Success is something you attract by the person you become
  19. Swap bad habits with good habits 
  20. The secret to success is found in your daily routine
  21. According to research- It takes around a year to convert a habit into an unconscious practice
  22. Go for a public display of accountability to get rid of addictions
  23. Have success buddy
  24. Competition is good for progress         
  25. Change is hard
  26. Consistency is the key to achieve and maintain momentum
  27. Your brain is not designed to make you happy. Your brain has the only one agenda in mind: Survival
  28. Consume fewer media. The media has always used shocking and sensational news to draw attention
  29. Your reference group/Friends circle determines 95% of your success or failure in life.
  30. Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
  31. The real growth happens after you hit the wall - Your maximum capacity.
  32. Do more than expected
  33. No Idea is worthwhile if it doesn't start with "Wow"

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