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Whither permitting? Vaccine passports

The global economy is in a state of acute disruption. Competition has never been more fierce. Consumers have never been so well-informed and loudly demanding. And what worked yesterday just might be obsolete today.

But this time is also a great time, for the astonishing few who are ready to show leadership. Leaders are at their absolute best during messy cycles versus during the easy ones. And messy cycles bring with them gorgeous opportunities.

Share + discuss + debate these potent insights with your team and throughout your organization. Within a quick period of time, you’ll see some fantastic results.

Tactics for Thriving in a Recession

Yes—these are uncertain times. Yet it is in trouble that heroes emerge. It is amid hardship that leaders are born. When all is falling apart we are blessed with the chance to remake ourselves.

Use any fear surfacing to heal, grow and strengthen yourself. Hard times activate hidden wounds that can be remedied.

Making you stronger, wiser and more loving when the pandemic ends.

Transform Your Wounds into Wisdom

Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.

Your excuses are liars, your doubts are thieves. The more times in a day that you rationalize why you can’t become all that you wish to be or handcraft the life that your best self wants, the more you’ll hardwire the neural circuit of that belief into your brain.

And that which you keep practicing is that which you’ll become a pro at. We become amazing at the things we repeat.

If you keep excusing away your power to do remarkable things, grow stronger amid adversity, and live the life of your ideals, you won’t do the work required to realize these feats.

So your very mental habit will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. And actually limit the glory of your potentially awesome reality.

The Game-Changer's Protocol

In today's episode, Robin Sharma deconstructs the transformational power of "Hardwired Strengthening Scenarios" into your weekly game plan.

Hardwire Strengthening Scenarios Into Your Weekly Blueprint

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]

Getting good at communicating is like getting good at tennis: the more you practice, the better you’ll get.

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

1 Potent Tactic to Become a Masterful Communicator

To lead is to serve. 

Leadership has nothing to do with the title on your business card or the size of your office. Leadership is not about how much money you make or the clothes you wear. Leadership is a philosophy. It’s an attitude. It’s a state of mind. And it’s available to each one of us.

We do need more servant leaders on our tiny planet. Human beings who are givers, not takers. Who value contribution above self-glorification.⁣
 
 What will you do to be the leader that you are destined to be, today?

The Game of Leadership is Helpfulness

Your relationship with others will never rise higher than the relationship with yourself.

Often, we are our greatest abusers. And when we increase the caring of our selves, we begin to sense the secret glory that rests at our base. And come to know all that we truly are.

As you love yourself more, you’ll grow intimacy with your natural genius, discover your truest powers and honor your highest self.

Build Your Relationship with Your Finest Self to x100 Your Impact

The people, places and pursuits that fuel your joy are not mere accidents. Each of us has a wise GPS encoded within us. And that which brings us feelings of awe and wonder are precisely where our greatest self wants us to be. Release the chattering messaging of your intellect and trust the powerful whispers of your instinct. You will rise.

Ask Yourself These 3 Questions [to x25 Your Energy]

You know I’m an evangelist around the whole idea of being ultra-fit if you want to be the best of breed. Getting into world-class physical condition is one of the smartest moves a leader (and remember-if you consume oxygen, you have the opportunity to behave like a leader) can make. Exercising will make you look better, feel stronger and fill you with boundless energy.

So join me. Please. Get up early and exercise. Simple idea. That just might revolutionize your career as well as your life.

1 Simple Idea to Revolutionize Your Life and Your Career

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

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