The Compound Effect
Darren Hardy
Summary
Short book on the law of compounding - one of the major keys to success
Rating: 4/5
Notes
The future is what you make of it
It’s no great achievement to go with the crowd. Be the unusual guy, the extraordinary guy
Small smart choices + consistency + time = radical difference
Hard work, discipline and good habits
Every choice has an impact on the compound effect
Think about a thanksgiving journal for a love one where you write about what you appreciate them every day for a year and give it to them them
You have to be willing to give 100% with zero expectation of anything in return
Luck surrounds us every day. When luck comes your way, take advantage of it
Choose to be 100% responsible for your life
Biggest difference b/w successful and unsuccessful people is successful people are willing to do what unsuccessful people are not
Use a tracking journal every day
We are what we repeatedly do - Aristotle
You must know your ‘why’
Success without fulfillment is failure
Whatever you vividly imagine, constantly desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass - Paul Meyer
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort or convenience but where he stands at times of challenge - MLK
Be patient as the compound effect takes times
Worry about consistency over long periods of time, not results. Be a tortoise
Flush out negative inputs with positive ones
Never ask advice of someone who you wouldn’t want to trade places
You will get in life what you expect and expect you are worthy of it
Go beyond your effort once you’ve hit the wall
Do the unexpected
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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