Podcast 175: The Leader Who Had No Title with Robin Sharma

Here's the thing about doing your greatest work: as you get closer to what you're truly capable of producing, your ego will subconsciously seduce you to stop making.

You'll feel like Skyping the office or checking your Instagram feed or taking a nap.

Don't let your lower self cause you to betray the gifts embedded in you. Your loved ones need you to fly. And our world will be a whole lot better off when the brilliance of your light shines.

Is Fear Causing You to Betray Your Talent?

Every Leader Without a Title and world-class productive runs toward what they are most resisting versus toward the exit door. They feel the fear of tackling a game-changing project and do the project anyway. 

They acknowledge the sweaty palms before the high-stakes presentation, and give the presentation anyway. They experience the runaway heartbeats accompanying asking for the biggest order in the history of their company, and they ask anyway. And that’s what makes them great.

The Fundamental Difference Between a History-Maker and an Average Producer

Many talk of “hustle” these days. But the idea that working longer and harder makes you more productive and better is outdated.

This quick episode walks you through my philosophy on this essential insight [rare in our world right now].

The Myth of Hustle + Grind

I’m all about the construction of “Tight-Bubbles of Total Focus” on certain days of the week. On these days, I get lost from the world, go dark and focus monomaniacally on the few projects that will count the most.

When I work, devices are off, no one can reach me and I vanish completely. I retreat to a series of beautiful, light-filled, mess-free sanctuaries where my brain can then drop into “transient hypofrontality”. That’s the scientific term brain researchers use for when your mind waves slow down, a pharmacy of mastery is created within you and the pre-frontal cortex–the brain area where your noisy self-critic lives–becomes silent. Also priceless.

This condition–which you have the power to create under the right environment–is often called “Flow”. It’s the state where your natural genius shows up. Time slows down. You see solutions that were un-evident before. We all have this ability. But with the TV on, the notifications sounding and the distractions happening, only those with an acute understanding of the importance of installing world-class conditions get to capture this state where the creative giants play.

How to Leverage the Neurobiological Phenomenon of Transient Hypofrontality to Lead Your Field

Groundbreaking research on elite performance and ultra-achievement has confirmed that keeping a journal on a regular basis boosts mental focus, increases self-confidence, elevates your mental attitude and increases the levels of happiness that you feel.

It’s a fine place to record your gratitude, process through pain, note your victories and reclaim your most luminous self in hard times.

Keep a Lockdown Journal to Magnify Your Positivity

Everyone is doing the best they can, based on where they are at on their human journey. Their criticism is awesome soil within which to grow your faith in yourself. And your ironclad trust in your finest instincts. Bless them rather than cursing them. For they are helping your rise.⁣⁣

A Valuable Insight to Help You Understand Those Who've Hurt You

The subject I'll walk you through today is a game-changing method I initially developed through my coaching of ultra-successful people; many of whom suffer from so many distractions in their lives that their productivity falls apart...

...the tool is called The 90/90/1 Rule and, given how beautifully it worked for my private clients, I wanted to make sure I shared it with you.

If you're interested in a morning routine that many of the most creatively and financially successful leaders on the planet are now using, then you really want to listen to this episode now.

Spend the First 90 Minutes of Your Workday Doing This [to Magnify Your Productivity]

You can be like the 95% or you can play in the rare-air, but you can’t do both.

The world belongs to the visionaries. Women and men who refuse to accept what is because they are so obsessed with what can be. People – like you and me – who refuse to succumb to complacency and ordinary and good enough – when they know great lives just around the next corner. We need more in our club. Let’s find them.

Be Willing to Be Eccentric [the World Belongs to the Visionaries]

The past is a servant and it’s a place to learn from, not a home to live in. ⁣⁣
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For you to embrace your next level of world-class, you have to let go of everything you used to be. ⁣⁣

How to Let Go of the Past Forever

There’s zero doubt in my mind that you were made to become a masterful communicator. And by making the trait of being terrifyingly transparent in your communication, you’ll get to genius in the way you connect quicker than you might imagine.

1 Potent Tactic to Become a Masterful Communicator

Bestselling author of 15 books (including The 5AM Club), globally celebrated leadership expert and philanthropist; Robin Sharma is considered to be one of the top 5 leadership experts in the world. His work is embraced by rock stars, royalty, billionaires and many celebrity CEOs. 

Deeply passionate about helping children in need live happier, healthier lives, Robin founded The Robin Sharma Foundation for Children (RSFC) as a registered charitable foundation. 

Visit www.robinsharma.com to learn more.