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Jim Rohn said, "There are no new fundamentals." Truth is old and the compound effect is real and working every day. Even if you aren't thinking about it. It's working for you, or it's working aginst you. Small, seemingly insignificant things adding up, compounding day after day. It's time to take action and make the compound effect work for you. Welcome to The Compound Effect, by Darren Hardy.

Now it's time to act. You can't just read the book and snap your fingers. You have to do the work. Each and every book we read requires your participation if you want it to lead to success. Be Obsessed!!!! Next Book is....The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

Don't Stop...thinking about tomrrow. So many things remind me of songs. Don't stop, don't quit...keep going. Jim Rohn says, How long should you try? ...Until. Keep trying until. Persistance and your obsession with it creates "overnight" success. Keep trying, baby....

Take me to your leader! Who's in charge around here anyway? To be a leader and to be in control are not always the same thing. You can be the leader, the chair, the boss, and not be the one in control. But you should always strive to be the one in control. Be obsessed with it. When the situation requires someone to take charge, step up. Don't be the average person who says, Not Me. TAKE CHARGE, and help influence others.

I am sure you have heard it before...If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together. Today we are discussing created an obsessed team. Recruiting the right people to fit your culture, your vision for the future of your organization. Join us as we build our obsessed team.

Hire ME! I'm Average. Not the greatest way to toot your own horn is it? But when we say I don't want to overpromise, we are promising less than our best. We are promising average not World Class. Join us today for Chapter 9 Overpromise and Overdeliver.

Be proud to be in sales. Love your product or your service and be proud to share it. To be successful in any venture you must have sales and you must hold your sale speople accountable. Train daily and motivate daily. And track your numbers because the math doesn't lie. There is a lot packed into today so listen up.

Dangerous. You must stay dangerous. Keep things feeling edgy. Don't get complacent or too comfortable.

Don't compete. Dominate. Not just in your business but in every area of your life. You need to take control. It must start with your mindset and then it can spread. Be the one.

Don't think you can. Know you can. There is no room for doubt or uncertainty. Make a plan focused on your purpose and run with it. Ready, set....GO!

Feed the beast. What you pay attention to is what you get. Like tracking your business or your progress at the gym or how much weight you lose. What you pay attention to and track matters. If it doesn't matter...let it go. If it matters give it all you've got.

What is your purpose for being obsessed? Your BHAG - Big Hairy Audacious Goal. The why behind everything. Your goals are the stepping stones to your why. And obsession is the tool you use to get there.

Success is living to your potential. That potential, or your perception of potential, expands over time. When you first start something you may not have a high level of mastery, but as you practice it your skill level gets higher and your potential expands. Want it faster? Be obsessed.

Our book club journey continues with our third book for 2026, Be Obsessed or Be Average, by Grant Cardone. Join us as we dive into what Grant says it takes to be super successful in whatever field you choose. Is there something in your life right now you are obsessed with? TV, gambling, alcohol, sex, drugs or rock and roll? Refocus that obsession into something worthwhile. 

To be or not to be. That is the question, to quote Mr Shakespeare. This is our last chapter and now that you have read about all the  pieces of essentialism, the question is what will you do with them. The author says essentialism can't work best if you do it, you must be an essentialist, at the core. Maybe not completely at first but something you grow into.

Focus on the now. What is important now? Not in the future, not in the past, but now. If you don't know what's most important now, then the most important thing now is figuring out what is the most important thing now.

Get in the groove, Go with the flow. Habit is powerful and if you are working in a routine that is now a habit you don't have to think about it

Baby steps? Makes sense, small steps to start before we run. What is the smallest thing you can accomplish that leads to your goal? Today, do that first.

Slow down to speed up, subtract to add. It all sounds so confusing, but it's about getting the obstacles out of the way . Get rid of the bottlenecks in your process.

Give yourself some space. Add a little time to the plan, add a little money, add more people. Don't make it by the skin of your teeth. 

What is the edge? The boundary? The Limit? How far can you be pushed away from your objective or purpose? If you don't set your own limits, they will be set by default, or maybe worse, set by somoene else. Take control and set boundaries for your work life, family life, etc...

Take away to add. It doesn't make sense at first glance. How can we add by taking away? We do that by creating more space for what is important. We make room. Reduce your options and you make way for easier decisions. Condense. Can I eliminate one step, one sentence, one process? Can I correct one item where we are off track. Take away to add. 

Like the song in Frozen...Let it go, let it go. Don't let "sunk cost bias" derail you. Learn to uncommit from the trivial many.

How dare you say no? What trade-offs must be made? Saying no takes courage, and you have to practice, but it is the only way to combat the trivial many.

Are we clear? Crystal, Sir. This quote from A Few Good Men is appropriate today, since our chapter is about clarity. Clarity of your mission, clarity of purpose. What is essential? If we could only be excellent at one thing, what would it be? 

Select. As in choose, pick one. Or it could be as in superior, elite. To be honest it could be either definition. But the gist of this chapter is how to decide to make a trade off. What is your selection criteria. If it's not a 90, it's a zero.

Refresh and replenish. Sleep is an important part of being able to separate the essential from the trivial many

Play. Every day. At least a little. Play and don't take yourself too seriously. I like to have a good time. So every day you should make time to laugh a little, no matter how serious you are. 

Look for what's important and extract it from the trivial many that bombard us everyday.

Escape to think, to learn, to discern. We need time set aside to focus on what is essential vs what is trivial

We can not do it all. Instead off asking how can I do both ask what do I want to go big on?

Identifying the essential few out of the trivial many is a must for the essentialist. Use discernment to cut through the clutter.

We may not be in control of what options we have but we are free to choose from among them. The power of choice in our lives cannot be taken away. It can be given away but not taken. Choose wisely

Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, helps us to define and choose those things in our lives that are most important. You cannot be everything to everybody. You can do anything, but not everything. Today is a new week, a new month and a new book. Join me as we delve into what is truly important in your life.

Characteristics and traits of successful people part 2 includes numbers 17-32 of those things that successful people possess. Make a list. Check it regularly.  

Excuses don't get results. Results and success are achieved when you take responsibility. Everyone has excuses, but they are not helpful. Chap 22 lists the 32 different attributes of the successful. We cover the first 16 here. Our next book will be Essentialism by Greg McKeown. You can get your copy here. This is an affiliate link so any purchase made through this link will pay me a small percentage. It does not change the price of the book for you. https://amzn.to/4b3q8Vr

You must be everywhere, or somewhere so much that people think you are everywhere. This requires big thinking, 10X thinking. Our next book will be Essentialism by Greg McKeown. You can get your copy here. This is an affiliate link so any purchase made through this link will pay me a small percentage. It does not change the price of the book for you. https://amzn.to/4b3q8Vr

Customer service may be the wrong target. What do you think? Sounds controversial, but the point is, if you don't focus on client aquisition there is no one to be happy with your customer service. 

Criticism is coming. If you are doing things there will be critics. So what. Toughen up, expect it and don't worry about it. Embrace it and drive on

Time marches on. Like it or not. Using it wisely or not. It cannot be slowed down or sped up, but it can be expanded. Your use of time is not really time management it is self management. Let's chat about that.

Fear is teh great indicator. What are you afraid of? Fear is actually an indicator that you are moving in the right direction. Join us as we discuss how irrational fear can be and how to move forward in spite of it.

Burn bright and keep adding to the fire. 

Attack, attack, attack. Don't retreat. Expansion is key to success. Don't back down, when others are stopping their spending on advertising you can double down. If you don't have money, you can double down on effort. Be the movement.

February. A new month and one month in the books for 2026. Grant says it's time to go all in. No half measures allowed. Bet the bank and bank the results

Middle class thinking vs thinking big. Don't get locked in to the comfort and security trap.

Don't compete. Dominate!!!! You may not have as much money as others to get your name out there, but you have the energy, the hustle, the persistence to dominate in any area you DECIDE to dominate.

Are your goals big enough or are they average? Goals need to be massive and connected to your why. Average goals lead to mediocre results. Let's go BIG

You cannot afford to be average. Average leads to failure. You must think MASSIVE

4 Degrees of action. From doing nothing to taking massive action, where do you fall? There may be different levels for different areas of your life, but massive action is what leads to success. 

Assume Control, of everything. Don't play the victim, take responsibility. If you want to be in control, then you must assume responsibility for everything. Remember success isn't something that happens to you it happens because of you.