The Compound Effect

I'm going to help you clear the clutter and bring focus to the core fundamentals that matter.

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you need to make up in hard work what you lack in experience, skill, intelligence, or innate ability. Make up in hard work for whatever you might be disadvantaged.

even though the results are massive, the steps, in the moment, don't feel significant.

Understand the Compound Effect will rid you of "insta-results" expectation - the belief success should be as fast as your fast food.

Don't try to fool yourself into believing that. 

I want you to know in your bones that your only path to success is through a continuum of mundane, unsexy, unexciting, and sometimes difficult daily disciplines compounded over time.

What percentage of shared responsibility do you have in making a relationship work?

Only when you are willing to take 100 percent responsibility for making the relationship work will it work. Otherwise, a relationship left to chance will always be vulnerable to disaster. 

There's a lot of finger pointing , victimhood, blaming, and expecting someone else or the government to solve their problems. 

The day you graduate from childhood to adulthood is the day you take full responsibility for your life.

our habits and routines allow us to use minimal conscious energy for everyday tasks. we can focus our mental energy on more creative and enriching thoughts. 

A daily routine build on good habits .. 

The problem is that the payoff or instant gratification derived from bad habits often far outweighs what's going on in your rational mind concerning long-term consequences. 

Most people drift through life without devoting much conscious energy to figuring out specifically what they want and what they need to do to take themselves there. 

drift aimlessly through life 虚度年华

Forget about willpower. It's time for why-power. You choices are only meaningful when you connect them to your desires and dreams. 

The wisest and most motivating choices are the ones aligned with that which you identify as your purpose, your core self, and your highest value. 

All of the hows will be meaningless until your whys are powerful enough. 

To truly ignite your creative potential and inner drive, you have to look beyond the motivation of monetary and material goals. 

ignite [ɪgˈnaɪt] 点燃、燃烧

They have focused only on achievement and not fulfillment. 

The access point to your why-power is through your core values, which define both who you are and what you stand for. Getting your core values defined and properly calibrated is one of the most important steps in redirecting your life toward your grandest vision. 

If you haven't already clearly defined your values, you may find yourself making choices that conflict with what you want. 

There is nothing creates more stress than when our actions and behaviors aren't congruent with our values.

congruent [ˈkɑ:ŋgruənt] 一致的

The one skill most responsible for the abundance in my life is learning how to effectively set and achieve goals. When you define your goals, you give your brain something new to look for and focus on.

To reach new goals and develop new habits, it is necessary to create new routines to support your objectives. 

When you start thinking about slacking off on your routine and rhythms, consider the massive cost of inconsistency. 

slacking off 放松，懈怠; 松懈

Everyone is affected by three kinds of influences: input (what you feed your mind), associations(the people with whom you spend time), and environment ( your surroundings)

there are some people you might need to break away from. Growing and changing your associations is a life long process. 

break away from 脱离

You decision to live a more positive, goal-oriented life will be a mirror to their own poor choices. You will make them uncomfortable and they will attempt to pull you back down to their level. It's about their fear and their guilt, about their own poor choices and lack of discipline. 

Chit-chat 闲聊，叽叽喳喳

having a chit-chat with my colleague

find an elevated circle of associations in order to go where I wanted to go.

Creating a positive environment to support your success means clearing out all the clutter in your life. Not just the physical clutter that makes it hard for you to work productively and effectively, but also the psychic clutter of whatever around you isn't working. 

psychic 心灵上的

Every incomplete promise, commitment, and agreement saps your strength because it blocks your momentum and inhibits your ability to move forward. 

Incomplete tasks keep calling you back to the past to take care of them. So think about what you can complete today.