Seek out positive people who have achieved the success you want to create in your own life. Remember the adage: 'Never ask advice of someone with whom you wouldn't want to trade places.

—Darren Hardy in The Compound Effect

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Darren Hardy is an American author, keynote speaker, advisor, and former publisher of SUCCESS magazine. Hardy has written The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, Living Your Best Year Ever and The Compound Effect.

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You alone are responsible for what you do, don't do, or how you respond to what's done to you.

—Darren Hardy in The Compound Effect

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You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

—Darren Hardy in The Compound Effect

The dream in your heart may be bigger than the environment in which you find yourself. Sometimes you have to get out of that environment to see that dream fulfilled. It's like planting an oak sapling in a pot. Once it becomes rootbound, its growth is limited. It needs a great space to become a mighty oak. So do you.

—Darren Hardy in The Compound Effect

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Seek out positive people who have achieved the success you want to create in your own life. Remember the adage: 'Never ask advice of someone with whom you wouldn't want to trade places.