One of the ways Darren Hardy defines the Compound Effect:

“It’s the principle of reaping huge rewards from a series of small, smart choices. Success is earned in the moment to moment decisions that in themselves make no visible difference whatsoever, but the accumulated compounding effect is profound.”

Basically it’s leveraging small actions over a long period of time. The small almost insignificant actions compound or add up to a large outcome over time. The key element is here is time. Listen to the podcast episode and check out the show notes here for two critical tools to leveraging the Compound Effect.