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The Compound Effect: Multiply Your Success One Simple Step at a Time Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Darren Hardy (Author, Narrator), Folio Literary Management (Publisher)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 18,651 ratings
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The Compound Effect contains the essence of what every super achiever needs to know, practice, and master to obtain extraordinary success. Inside you will hear strategies on:

  • How to win-every time
  • Eradicating the bad habits that are derailing your progress
  • Painlessly installing the few key disciplines required for major breakthroughs
  • The real, lasting keys to gaining and sustaining motivation
  • Capturing the elusive, awesome force of momentum
  • The acceleration secrets of superachievers

Inside you will learn how to get the success you desire and the life you deserve.

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  1. Listening Length
    4 hours and 44 minutes
  2. Author
    Darren Hardy
  3. Narrator
    Darren Hardy
  4. Audible release date
    January 22, 2019
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Folio Literary Management
  7. ASIN
    B07MWCVQ1T
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 4 hours and 44 minutes
Author Darren Hardy
Narrator Darren Hardy
Audible.com Release Date January 22, 2019
Publisher Folio Literary Management
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07MWCVQ1T
Best Sellers Rank #8,630 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#23 in Business Mentoring & Coaching (Books)
#136 in Business Motivation & Self-Improvement (Audible Books & Originals)
#153 in Leadership (Audible Books & Originals)

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uncirkumsized
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative :)
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
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The compound effect teaches readers to become responsible & create better habits for themselves in order to be better equipped in a world full of distractions that can easily lead one astray

I really enjoyed this book because it is very small, around a 4 hour read, but don’t let the length fool you! This book is very informative & helpful. But like with any self help book, the information is only helpful if you decide to apply what you learn from the book!!
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Northeast Ohio
5.0 out of 5 stars most useful book for keeping me on the path towards success
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
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This is a wonderful book, and it distills down several key things to follow on your path to success. It reminds me to keep on the path daily, which is actually effortless once I incorporate habits. Good habits. It helps me to realize the bad habits I need to discard and some habits which I need to develop. It’s Tony Robbins light in a way. I find it an excellent way to help keep me on the path, day-to-day, even moment a moment. Following this book greatly increases my chances of personal success, and all areas of life, and especially personal happiness, and satisfaction with myself, knowing that I did the best I could. I highly recommend for anyone and any line of work you find yourself in.
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Alesia
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
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So simple and clear. Actionable. Even if I heard smth previously and understood smth previously only after this book I started to act.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful yet simple
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
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I like the simplicity as well the practical ways in the book.

I really believe in the compound effect to make success and the book helped me to keep my belief
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krystal rose Luong
5.0 out of 5 stars Really liked this book
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2024
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So I first read this book as and audible as part of a training I was doing, I actually got the audible as a free trial so didn't cost me anything. I ended up loving it and learning so much from it, that I went back and bought the actual book so I could re read it and high light the sections that I connected to the most.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Really liked this book
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2024
So I first read this book as and audible as part of a training I was doing, I actually got the audible as a free trial so didn't cost me anything. I ended up loving it and learning so much from it, that I went back and bought the actual book so I could re read it and high light the sections that I connected to the most.
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Daniel R. Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars The Compound Effect - A great book
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2012
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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.

Usefulness:
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.

Readability/Writing Quality:
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.

Notes on Author:
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.

Related Website:
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.

Total Rating Score: 5
Writing Style: 4.5
Who Should Read This: Anyone serious about self-improvement.
Usefulness: Very useful.
Difficulty: Not difficult.
Scoring System: 1: poor / 2: average / 3: good / 4: very good / 5: superior

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Ginger M
5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE for any realtor struggling to get to the next level.
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
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Beautiful message. I loved the many exercises and workbook to help the readers stay connected and dig deep.
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Kimi
5.0 out of 5 stars Honest
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2024
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This book is to build good habits for yourself and if you read and actually take it to heart you will start to see things differently. It gives me hope and strength to change. I genuinely liked what the author had to say.
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Trevor Dreher
5.0 out of 5 stars Self-Improvement is very straightforward
Reviewed in Canada on December 18, 2023
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The title of the book gives away the whole book - it would be like naming the murderer in the title of a murder mystery but the idea of the compound effect, which everyone gets (myself included), is not quite so simple to implement in real life. This book does a brilliant job of explaining where we get caught and also different ways we might avoid traps. It also comes with a ton of additional work that you can choose to do. It's helped me understand better why parts of my life are working well and other parts are not - the compound effect works for and against me. Well worth exploring.
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Kate
5.0 out of 5 stars excelente
Reviewed in Brazil on June 30, 2022
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Livro envolvente direto ao ponto e te faz repensar muitos aspectos de sua vida!
Leitura obrigatória para pessoas que querem evoluir.
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Omar Pérez
5.0 out of 5 stars Simplemente un instructivo de oro!
Reviewed in Mexico on November 12, 2021
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Llegue a este Título por la sugerencia de un gran amigo, y puedo decir que es un libro que debe ser considerado "de cabecera" para todo aquel que quiera seguir adelante día con día en este mundo difícil más no imposible.
Me gusta el estilo del autor y me atrevería a decir que tiene una connotación cristiana lo cual es admirable a mi consideración.
"No necesitamos más libros cristianos, necesitamos más Cristianos que escriban libros"
C. S. Lewis.

Gracias
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Marion C
5.0 out of 5 stars Lecture incontournable!
Reviewed in France on January 23, 2024
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Les conseils pratiques de l'auteur inspire à faire des changements positifs. Une lecture motivante qui vaut vraiment la peine!
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Vital" - to understate it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2024
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When I first picked up Darren Hardy’s “The Compound Effect,” I was already familiar with the genre of personal development, having read classics like Susan Jeffries’ “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” and Jeff Olson’s “The Slight Edge.” Expecting a reiteration of known concepts, I was pleasantly surprised by the fresh perspective and practical insights Hardy offered.

Hardy’s central theme is simple yet profound: small, consistent actions can lead to significant life changes. His arguments are beyond dispute, made compelling through relevant and convincing examples. These illustrations not only clarify his points but also inspired me to think of new applications in my life.

Reading “The Compound Effect” was a transformative experience. It’s a book that I found so valuable, I’m considering getting a paperback version for easy reference and to gift to others. While Hardy’s application of the principles in his life is more extensive than what I would choose, it opens up new avenues for reflection. This difference is more a matter of personal character than any shortcoming of the concept or the book itself.

The brilliance of this book lies in its relevance to people who are driven to succeed in any area of life but often find themselves facing burnout. Whether it’s a loss of motivation or poor structuring of their goals, Hardy offers a practical blueprint for guaranteed success. His method isn’t just a theory; it’s a sustainable strategy for real achievement.

I believe “The Compound Effect” is pure gold for anyone looking to navigate the path to success without the risk of burning out. It’s an essential read, offering adaptable, real-world strategies that are easy to implement. Hardy’s book is not just about personal development; it’s a vital tool for transforming your life.
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