The real, lasting keys to motivation is how to get yourself to do things you don’t feel like doing. Capturing the elusive, awesome force of momentum, to make you unstoppable. This is the acceleration secrets of super achievers. If you’re serious about living an extraordinary life, use the power of The Compound Effect to create the success you want. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Darren Hardy’s The Compound Effect, based on the principle that little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default No gimmicks. Hardy’s insightful detailed analysis of how small consistent actions can lead to significant life changes, without any hyperbole or Magic Bullet. The Compound Effect is the strategy of reaping huge rewards from small, seemingly insignificant actions. You cannot improve something until you measure it. Always take 100 per cent responsibility for everything that happens to you. Hardy’s previous books are The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, Living Your Best Years.

The compound effect is the operating system that has been running your life whether you know it or not. After all, success is doing a half dozen things really well, repeated five thousand times. You don’t need more knowledge. You need a new plan of action. Consistency is the ultimate key to success. If you aren’t better, work harder. Hardy’s formula is Small choices+ Consistency + time =significant results. Remember knowledge uninvested is wasted. Choice is at the centre of all success and failure.  Too often we sleepwalk through our choices. We default to choices that our society and culture tells us we should do. Keep a daily gratitude journal about your spouse. Write down one thing you are thankful for each day about your spouse then give them the book as a gift one year later.

Gratitude is acknowledging there are people in your life who have done things for you that you couldn’t do for yourself.

The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy £14.99, 208 pages.