Einstein called it, “the greatest mathematical discovery of all time.” It’s the reason that rich people get richer, and indebted people get more in debt. It’s called compounding – a simple mathematical concept that can revolutionise your finances.
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Learning anything new, you need to have some standards to judge yourself against. How do you know that you are making progress – and how much?
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In almost any field, the person who knows the most – and applies that knowledge most effectively – is he who will succeed. You have to constantly be in a learning mode, and in touch with what is changing.
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The King of Self-Help, Tony Robbins, gives his Rapid Planning Method by which to set goals quickly, and have the motivation to achieve them. He criticises to-do lists, because they force you to become obsessed with details – regardless of their relative importance – when you really need to keep your mind on what you are working towards.
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“Failing to plan is planning to fail.”
Alan Lakein

Your goals are your destinations. You still need to have a map to get there. This lays down the specific tasks you need to undertake in order to achieve a goal.
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When I first started reading Self-Help books, I found that almost every author had a major chapter dedicated to setting goals. They nearly always mentioned a study done by Yale University that proved the effectiveness of goal-setting.
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“Try? There is no try. There is only do, or not do.”
Yoda

Decisiveness is a key aspect of leaders. They don’t always make the right decision, but they are far more willing to make them.
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This is what Earl Nightingale called, “The Strangest Secret.”
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“There are never traffic jams on the extra mile.”
Author Unknown

Andrew Carnegie – once the richest man on the planet – would often hire men not according to their social status, or their educational background, but by their willingness to go the extra mile. He would promote people off the factory floor to the top of his company – and pay them the equivalent of tens of millions of dollars in today’s money – all because he noticed they would go out of their way to do the best they could.
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We are all unique. We’ve all have a different mix of knowledge, skills and experience of the World that combines to form a unique combination.
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