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?

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

Copying what your competition is doing just leads to being second best.

Only leaders who are willing to think differently can out-innovate everyone around them. Thinking the same thoughts produces the same results. Leadership is all about being The Brave Creative out in front in your marketspace (and your career) versus doing things the way everyone else does them.

Business doesn’t need more copycats. Business needs more Dreamers.

If You're Copying Others, You're Betraying Yourself

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]

Definitely listen to this episode if you want to discover how the geniuses, business superstars and ultra-effective people measure their level of mastery in all areas of their lives.

One Powerful Metric to Measure Your Level of Mastery By

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

Great businesses and world-class lives are not created in a day, but by steady and consistent refinement. So celebrate every win. Because small daily improvements when done consistently over time really do lead to stunning results.

Celebrate the Micro-Wins [and Build-In Rewards] for Sustained Success

Most of my life is spent working with teams in companies – helping grow leaders at all levels. I hear so much talk about "our competitors" and "how hard it is to win in these tough times" and that "the market’s shrinking." 

Thinking about your competition is a waste of time and a loss of minutes that you could be using to innovate and arrive at new forms of excellence. Every minute you spend worrying about and benchmarking your peers is a moment you’ve stolen from innovation, building a better team and growing your own brand. 

Now is a superb time to create even more value for your customers and be of acute use to even more people. Work on your professional knowledge and career skills even more. Listen to audiobooks, podcasts and coaching resources so you leap ahead of your previous leadership self. The marketplace demands [and will reward] your mastery as never before. And you’ll be an absolute standout. Which is what I wish for you.

Why You Shouldn't Focus On Your Competition in 2021

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.