The Compound Effect

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This post is based on Darren Hardy’s book “The Compound Effect”. Today's post is all about reaching your goals and how to make simple and effective habits.

1. When you come up with a life goal, immediately turn it into a daily habit:

If you want to change something in your life or you want to reach your goal, you must invest time in it. If you do not put a lot of time in the change that you want to make, you won’t be able to make it stick.

So, the trick to change something in your life is - The moment you come up with a new life goal, instantly turn it into a tiny, daily habit.

If you want to be a writer, start writing 100 words a day. If you want to be a marathon runner, start by jogging for 45 mins a day.

This small habit will turn into a big habit which you will begin to prioritise. This will tremendously help you in achieving success.

2. Create a routine which you can stick to, so that you won’t lose the momentum:

The more good habits you accumulate, the more good decisions you’ll make, until it becomes really easy to choose what’s right. Chances are, you’ll feel unstoppable at some point, because you’ve got the Big Momentum on your side.

But, to get the momentum to work, you need to get it going. This is the hardest part. This is where the creation of a proper and maintainable routine comes in.

You need to have a proper schedule which you always need to stick to. You also need to have some buffer time if there is a delay in finishing a task.

3. Use your momentum to push through limits as you hit them, even if you have to trick yourself at first.

The goal of having a good routine going is that you will have momentum when you need it the most.

At some point, you will stop getting better. You will need to find some cheats to make the work easy.

For example, when Arnold Schwarzenegger hit weight lifting limits, he’d lean back a bit to activate more muscle groups, get some support and add five to six reps to his sets.

Finding tweaks (that will make your work easy) to make your momentum work for you will allow you to push past your limits faster, thus create even more momentum and make the compound effect stronger.

Thought of the Day:

“The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.”

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