The brain has a negativity bias we need to relentlessly fight against. This primitive instinct served us 1000+ years ago. Destroys our brilliance today.

Noticing items to be grateful for is the antidote to apathy. And the cure for stagnation.

Recode Your Mindset to Overcome the Brain's Natural Negativity Bias

The greatest bleed the longest. What I mean by this is that it is actually within the fires of deep difficulty that the dross that covers the gold is burned off. Life loves you so much that it sends you difficulties to make you strong. In the quiet times of my own life’s largest heartbreaks, I retreated from the world [like a wounded animal retreats to the woods for healing]. And I remained in the wilderness—befriending the pain and allowing it to purify me as much as possible.

Suffering is Nature's Way of Making You Special

Forgive the unforgiven. The energy you are giving them is costing you your creative fortune.

Too many potentially fantastic performers + rare-air leaders among us have left their best creativity, productivity and impact on the table of broken dreams because they stayed stuck in the past.

You can stay angry at someone who hurt you. Or you can get busy doing your visions and changing our world. But you don't get to do both.

Forgiveness is a Productivity Accelerator

In his ongoing spirit of doing his best to serve you and your finest life, Robin Sharma has deconstructed some of what he's observed coaching some of the world's most successful people in today's episode.

One of the Defining Traits of Ultra-Successful People

I buy more books than I’ll ever read in my lifetime. Why? Because I know that all it takes is one idea read in a single book to transform the way you work – and the way you live. One idea. And so I buy books. Constantly. Passionately. Hungrily. Searching for that One Idea. That will change the way I think/feel/behave. And view the world. And it’s never to late to find that book. And to learn.

The Antidote to Obsolescence

It doesn't matter where you start, only that you begin. And once you do, life begins to put the wind behind your sails. The Muse comes out to play. Your best self starts revealing more of its higher nature.

You’ve been blessed with hidden jewels that lie deep within. These are the talents that slumber, the gifts that lay dormant and the calls on your life that we all ask you to live.

Without you showing up, shining fully, standing up after you’ve fallen, persisting when you feel like surrendering, we’ll all be less of a human family. Things will be colder. And the world will be less bright.

So please. Just start. We’ll applaud your rise. And I’ll watch your star blaze the path that so many will follow.

Nothing Happens Until You Move

Extreme success requires deliberate recovery. Refueling and resting isn’t a waste of time. It’s part of winning. Balance is a necessity of legendary.

Why Deep Rest is Essential to Elite Performance

Leadership [and personal greatness] is less about a title and more about a decision...

...to use this crisis to ascend in mastery, creativity and service to many. [To not, will be to miss the greatest opportunity of your lifetime].

So keep your focus trained on the many opportunities to bulletproof your mastery, grow a business that serves more people and live a life that’s more creative, joy-filled and kind.

To Lead is to Serve

The things you schedule are the things you’ll get done.

Simple insight, yes. Game-changing if you live it. [The willpower researchers say that “pre-commitment strategies” like goal-setting work superbly in making change that endures].

So, early every Sunday morning set a discipline to build out your ideal week ahead. Add your workout blocks, your family meals and your massage periods. Write in your creative segments and record your times for team meetings. Get each of our key pursuits into the plan. Then lock and load on it, daily.

The Power of Pre-Commitment Strategies [to Fortify Your A-Game]

Archive audio: H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi at Dollis Hill ashram, London, England. (1980-0526)
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1980-0526 Attention

Scale your craft. Business ALWAYS rewards the best.

This is a splendid time to invest in your professional education and personal development.

Your industry rewards the magic you bring to it. Get better at what you deliver and the world will blaze a path to your door. It really will.

Those producers who rest on their laurels will soon be irrelevant.

Those performers who lift their game, advance their skills and escalate their craft will find they have more business than they can fathom. And a lifestyle they adore.

1 Tactic to Thrive in a Recession

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.

The Antidote to Obsolescence

Robin Sharma

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