20 Compounding Habits That Lead to Huge Results

Daily behaviours that yield valuable results

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Every habit turns out to be an upside advantage or a stumbling block to your best life. Many people desperately want the upside advantage — but their actions lead to a downward spiral.

You can achieve extraordinary results if you identify the few essential and life-changing habits that have a massive impact on your expected trajectory.

“Your little choices become habits that affect the bigger decisions you make in life.” Elizabeth George once said.

Instead of looking for massive results, commit to a few compounding principles, methods, ideas, and behaviours that have the highest potential to change your life.

A few selected compounding habits can quickly transform your life from average to extraordinary. High achievers reply on a few behaviours that make the most impact on their lives.

A thousand dollars invested today can become ten thousand in the future — don’t underestimate the power of compounding. Albert Einstein once said, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t… pays it.”

You can apply the compounding principle to almost every area of your life. These habits practiced over time can yield valuable results over time.

1. Systemise the same decisions you make every day: how you work, what to eat, what to wear, how to start your day, etc. It saves brain energy for high level or meaningful work. A systems-first mentality changes everything.
2. For every life-changing decision you make, think about the second or third-order consequences of your choices. Optimise for minimal regrets.
3. Use at least 10% of your time (daily) to read. The return is exponential. Warren Buffet spends 80% of his day reading. Strong reading habit improves how you think, decide, work, invest or build a better life.
4. Move your body every morning. Spend a few minutes of your morning to stretch. A good physical shape has a massive impact on your brain health, productivity and total wellbeing.
5. Use your mornings for deep, high-value or meaningful work: writing, coding…