Robin Sharma

A new, updated and expanded edition of this New York Times bestseller on how to reconstruct your life so it's not all about work
  
 Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan - there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.

This step-by step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:


The 4-Hour Working Week by Timothy Ferriss (Audiobook Extract) read by Ray Porter

Today’s topic is natural hormones versus synthetics.  Now, this is an area of tremendous confusion, not only for the average person, but also for a lot of health care practitioners.  People just don’t know the difference between a natural hormone and something that is not natural to the female human body.  I’m going to give you the most common examples.   Premarin is a natural hormone for a horse.  It is the most common form of hormone replacement, and it is made from the urine of pregnant horses.  So it’s a natural hormone, if your native food is hay.  

Now, progesterone is found in the human female ovary.  It’s also made by the brain.  It’s even made by some nerve cells.  Unfortunately, in most hormone replacement, the molecule that’s used is not natural bioidentical progesterone, but instead something known as medroxyprogesterone acetate, MPA.

Natural Hormones

Life is a series of seasons.  My harsh winters have given way to my sunny springs. My fallow fields of stifled creativity have led to the most abundant of harvests. Trust the process. Relax.

Life is a Series of Seasons

There can be no success without failure. It's just part of the process. The companies and people who have reached the heights of success are the same ones who have failed the most. 

You need to fail to win. And the faster you fail, the more quickly you’ll learn precisely what you need to do to win.  So Fail Fast. Outfail the competition. Outfail the person you once were.

Failure is Fuel for Success [If You Choose So]

Stop comparing yourself to others. It’s a great way to destroy confidence and diminish performance. 

The real game to play is to get better than yesterday’s self. Why dilute your energy comparing yourself to others when the real work is materializing the genius within you. 

There’s only one you on the planet today. You’ve been built to dazzle. And designed to inspire.

Why You Need to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others [Today]

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.

The Primary Relationship of Personal Heroism

You can play with your phone all day, or you can change the world. You don’t get to do both. ⁣⁣

I love technology. Many of my most adored clients are tech giants like Microsoft and Satyam Computers. But it must be our servant – not our master. We must apply technology to advance our dreams – not spoil our days. 
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Starting today - turn off all notifications on your phone, as the distraction and interruption they generate is costing you a fortune.⁣⁣
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And stop using your phone as an alarm clock. It’s just too easy to begin your day checking email or notifications this way, taking you down a digital rabbit hole of terrific distraction and toxic interruption.⁣⁣

Your Phone is Costing You Your Fortune

Clarity precedes mastery. The more clear you can get on what you want to create in life, the more focused you will be in your daily behaviors.

The Missing Link to Personal Mastery

To Lead Without Title is to make a leap. From accepting ordinary to crafting the extraordinary. From blaming others to looking in the mirror. From going to work to chasing a Calling.

Your greatest power is your power to choose. Own that power (versus saying that you can’t see your job as your mission). Yes, right here, right now – you can elevate what you do to some kind of a Crusade of Excellence. Some kind of an Agenda for Mastery. Some kind of a Revolution for Remarkability.

But you "just work in human resources" or "sell milk" or "work in a grocery store" you say to me. Own your power. You have the power to be excellent in that work. To inspire everyone who intersects your path. To innovate and make things better than ever before. To wow customers. And to stand for the best. Will you?

Install this Mindset to Leap from Job to Career

A simple idea to get you to your next level: to earn more you must learn more. As you learn what the best do, you will develop new awareness. With better awareness, you can make better choices. And with better choices, you are certain to see better results. Investing in learning is the smartest investment you’ll ever make.

Please don’t tell me you are too busy to spend at least 60 minutes a day learning. Some of the busiest people I know read or listen to CDs or do online training for at least an hour a day. A lot of people are too busy being busy. Shift from being busy to getting results.

So take the first step today. Rather than watching TV tonight, make the time to read. Learn what the superstars in your profession do to stay on top. Learn how to create greater wellness in your life. Learn how to master your time. Learn how to live your greatest life.

To Double Your Income and Impact, Triple Your Investment in These 2 Areas

Impact belongs to the misfits.

The brave and eclectic souls who see possibility amid naked negativity. The ones who chase down their loftiest ambitions with a stubborn faith in their greatest ideals—in the face of noisy trolls telling them what can’t be done.

The more you own your power and develop the exceptional confidence that comes with making your fantasies real, the bigger your dreams will get. And when that happens, even more people will think you’re weird. And foolish. And wrong.

Those who condemn you are locked in their limited beliefs and terrified of their own bigness.

And so they know not what they do.

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.

The Misfit's Manifesto

Everyone does the best they can based on where they’re at. Once you get this insight, you’ll be less upset with hurtful people and more forgiving.

To carry anger within you over what someone did to you is to degrade your creativity, productivity and serenity. Being mistreated is nothing more than a training camp to build your strength to forgive.

And to forgive really is to be strong and powerful versus weak. So, forgive. Today. Please.

I do appreciate that this is easier written than done. Yet this fact doesn’t reduce the value of my encouragement to get great at this skill.

How to Understand People Who Have Hurt You

I’ve spent 25 years advising billionaires, celebrated CEOs and other titans of industry on how to multiply their income, lift their influence + unleash their highest impact.

Here’s one of the strange paradoxes I’ve observed:  a number of them are super-wealthy but very poor.

...they have money yet lack meaning
...they have a large net worth but low self-worth
...they have jets and yachts but no joy and peace.

So, in this new episode of the Daily Mastery Podcast that I’m ultra-excited to share with you today, you’ll learn what real wealth is all about.

What is Real Wealth?

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?

When we think about Buddhism, we don’t often think about monks and nuns conjuring spells or curses to break up lovers, exorcise demons, prevent unwanted pregnancies, or kill enemies. But for over two and a half millennia, magic and healing rituals have been an integral part of everyday Buddhism. They were also key to Buddhism becoming a cosmopolitan religion, flourishing in areas beyond the Indian Buddhist heartland. The magical aspects of Buddhist history, however, have been ignored or dismissed by scholars of Buddhism and by Buddhists themselves, resulting in a distorted view of the traditions we may study and practice today.

In his new book, Buddhist Magic: Divination, Healing, and Enchantment Through the Ages, Sam van Schaik, a textual historian and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, makes a compelling case for why we should pay attention to Buddhism’s magical heritage—and what we lose by casting it aside. Having previously worked for the International Dunhuang Project, van Schaik currently heads the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library in London. He is the author of Tibet: A History, Tibetan Zen, The Spirit of Zen, and The Spirit of Tibetan Buddhism.

In our latest podcast episode with Tricycle’s Editor and Publisher James Shaheen, van Schaik debunks misperceptions about early Buddhism by showing how magical literature can offer a more holistic and realistic view of Buddhism from the ground up. He also paints a vivid picture of the role monks and nuns may have played in the magical-gig economy as well as how we can view mindfulness meditation in a comparable way—as the magic of our current age.

Sam van Schaik: Buddhist Magic and Why We Shouldn’t Cast It Aside

Recorded by Valerio Orlandini. 'Recorded at sunset in late May.'

Padule di Fucecchio, Fucechio, Florence, ITALY

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 Primary Relationship of Personal Heroism

Robin Sharma

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