Robin Sharma (quotes) - Wisdom Trove

Shatter all your fear.
Clarity breeds mastery.
Be kinder than expected.
Life is short. Be of use.
Clarity precedes success.
Clarity proceeds Mastery!
Take the road less travelled.
Only those who seek shall find.
The only failure is not trying.
Focus is more valuable than IQ.
Don’t ask for respect. Earn it.
Dream Big. Start small. Act now.
Life is short. Help more people.
The secret of passion is purpose.
What gets measured gets improved.
Consistency is the DNA of mastery
No critic ever changed the world.
Gratitude is the antidote to fear.
Laughing is medicine for the soul.
Bravery is the solution to regret.
The fears you run from run to you.
Passion + production = performance.
Your thinking creates your reality.
Success is beautiful and dangerous.
Criticism is the price of ambition.
Potential unexpressed turns to pain.
Blaming others is excusing yourself.
You can really Lead Without a Title.
Spend time doing things that matter.
What you focus on always gets better.
Nothing works unless you do the work.
The person who experiences most wins.
Simplicity is the trademark of GENIUS
For you to win, no one needs to lose.
Life helps those who help themselves.
To have what few have, do what few do.
Ideation without execution is delusion
The fears you don’t face imprison you.
You don’t get lucky. You create lucky.
Lucky is where skill meets persistence.
Hard times produce your greatest gifts.
Never overlook the power of simplicity.
Sow a character, you reap your destiny.
Without patience, there can be no genius
If it is not a mess, it is not progress.
Big people don’t make people feel small.
To breathe properly is to live properly.
Being humble is cooler than being famous.
Give out what you most want to come back.
At the heart of mastery lives consistency
Your environment influences your mindset.
The antidote to stagnation is innovation.
Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone.
When we waste our time, our time wastes us
Don’t just parent your kids, develop them.
When we stop taking risks, we stop living.
Dedicate yourself to expressing your best.
We grow fearless by walking into our fears.
Without the doing, the dreaming is useless.
The fears we don’t face become our limits.
Your “I CAN” is more important than your IQ.
Do your best. And then let life do the rest.
Persistence is the mother of personal change
Education is inoculation against disruption.
There’s no such thing as an unimportant day.
Be slow to criticize. And fast to APPRECIATE
Your limits are liars, you fears are thieves.
There is no such thing as an unimportant day.
You’ll never go wrong in doing what is right.
It takes a big person to avoid small worries.
Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.
Begin to live each day as if it was your last.
Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.
If you don’t act on life, life will act on you
If not now, then when ? If not you, then who ?
To lead is to be yourself in a world of clones
If at all possible, commune with nature daily.
Leaders don’t make excuses. They create results
We grow fearless when we do the things we fear.
Negative feedback can make us bitter or better.
Concentration is at the root of mental mastery.
The best leaders blend courage with compassion.
Lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity.
Self respect beats social approval, every time.
The most dangerous place is in your safety zone.
Without music, my life would be black and white.
You were born awesome. Please don’t die average.
What you give away comes back to you in a river.
Your daily behavior reveals your deepest beliefs.
You can’t get to genius on a platform of excuses.
The doorway to success swings outward not inward.
Your daily schedule reflects your deepest values.
Behave like the human being you wish all would be
You can’t become legendary if you have no energy.
Failure is nothing more than learning how to win.
If you’re not overprepared, you’re underprepared.
Great achievement always requires great sacrifice.
You can’t win unless you first begin. So start now
To be a great leader, first become a great person.
Love what you have. And then go for what you want.
The excuses we make destroy the results we deserve
Visionaries see the “impossible” as the inevitable.
Have the guts to be true to yourself. Nothing more.
Once you slay one fear, you can conquer many fears.
Nothing can stop you until you choose to be stopped
Victims recite problems, leaders provide solutions.
You are also what you say to yourself all day long.
Leadership is not a title. It’s a behavior. LIVE it
No one will believe in you until you believe in you.
Don’t LIVE the same year 75 times and call it a Life
Success is less about luck, and more about practice.
Success is never deserved. Success is always earned.
Self knowledge is the stepping stop to self mastery.
Sometimes we need to lose our way…. to find our way
The bigger the dream, the more important to the team.
Don’t surrender leadership of your life to your moods
If you’re not scared a lot you’re not doing very much.
The best way to honor your dreams is to get them done!
Awareness precedes choice and choice precedes results.
Fear only become powerful when you give it your power.
On the other side of the fear live your possibilities.
Blaming others is nothing more than excusing yourself.
Your life is too important to give it to distractions.
It doesn’t matter where you start. Only that you begin.
Gratitude and fear can’t stand the sight of each other.
Never miss a moment to encourage someone you work with.
Sometimes too much thinking leads to the Death of Doing
The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.
The goals you don’t set reveal the dreams you don’t do.
Focus on the impact you make versus the title you have.
The best leaders lift people up versus tear people down.
Your current conditions are echoes of your past choices.
When we give up on our dreams, we die while still alive.
In your quietest moments appear your most true thoughts.
Better to have 3 real friends than 100,000 digital ones.
Become one of the rare people who don’t know how to quit.
Your life on the Outside reflects your life on the Inside
Success is all about consistency around the fundamentals.
Other people’s opinions of you are none of your business.
Slow, steady progress is better than fast, daily excuses.
Words can INSPIRE and words can DESTROY. Choose YOURS well
Saying “I’ll try” really means “I’m not really committed.”
The results of your life reflect the standards you’ve set.
Every great finish was once a simple beginning. Start now.
Today’s a great day to change a life. Starting with yours.
Few things feel as unbelievably great as working out hard.
People do business with people who make them feel special.
The more fears we walk through, the more power we reclaim.
Some disappointment is always the price of brave dreaming.
Beneath every excuse lies a fear. Practice being fearless.
Best productivity tool ever invented? Easy…the word “no”.
No tactic will work until you have the guts to DO the work!
Become part of the solution rather than part of the problem
You will never be able to hit a target that you cannot see.
Why resist change when it’s the main source of your growth?
Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.
The way you begin each day defines how you’ll live each day.
The less you are like others, the less others will like you.
The time you waste now you’ll wish you used well at the end.
Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.
Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.
You can’t have all you want remaining who you currently are.
Your life was meant to be epic. Stand up for your best today.
Silence your critics. Ignore your haters. Delete your cynics.
Life’s greatest setbacks reveal life’s biggest opportunities.
The way we do small things determines the way we do EVERYTHING
Sometimes you have to get off track to discover a better track
The boundaries of your life are merely a creation of the self.
While victims condemn change, leaders grow inspired by change.
Be the master of your will but the servant of your conscience.
If you don’t respect your time, no one will respect your time.
If your life is worth thinking about,it is worth writing about.
Where victims see adversity, extreme achievers see opportunity.
You can’t stand in gratitude if you’re stuck in victimhood.
The first move of leadership is learning to think for yourself.
You are much closer than you think to creating a life you adore.
Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur.
The project you are most resisting carries your greatest growth.
Become the most passionate person you know. It’ll be contagious.
Success comes from believing in you when no one believes in you.
Being scared is part of being alive. Accept it. Walk through it.
As we each express our natural genius, we all elevate our world.
There is but one failure in life and that is the failure to try.
Push YOURSELF to the edge of YOUR limits. That’s how they expand
Greatness comes by beginning something that doesn’t end with you.
The more you go to your limits, the more your limits will expand.
Measure your success by your inner scorecard versus an outer one.
Doing great things for others is an awesome gift to give yourself.
To double your income, triple your investment in self-development.
The purpose of fear is to determine how badly you want your dream.
Model the behavior you wish more people would display. Lead first.
Never forget the importance of living with unbridled exhilaration.
Fearlessness isn’t a place your reach. It’s a commitment you make.
Go where no one’s gone and leave a trail of excellence behind you.
You’ll never change the world if you’re worried about being liked.
Everything that is now easy for you was once hard in the beginning
One of the primary tactics for enduring winning is daily learning.
Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.
The activity you’re most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity
Daily ripples of excellence -over time- become a tsunami of success
Take care of your dreams. Or your fears will care for them for you.
Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.
An addiction to distraction is the end of your creative production.
For your life to be great,your faith must be bigger than your fear.
It generally takes about 10 years to become an overnight sensation.
Say “thank you” when you’re grateful and “sorry” when you’re wrong.
People will not lend you a hand until you first touch their hearts.
All great thinkers are initially ridiculed – and eventually revered.
What you resist will persist; what you befriend, you will transcend.
The hours that ordinary people waste, extraordinary people leverage.
If you only take small risks, you are only entitled to a small life.
Peak performers replace depletion with inspiration on a daily basis.
Excellence in one area is the beginning of excellence in every area.
The person who makes promises to everyone ultimately pleases no one.
Every challenge is nothing more than a chance to make things better.
Keep challenging yourself to think better, do better, and be better.
Until your mission is an obsession, nothing will change in your life.
Your excuses are nothing more than the lies your fears have sold you.
The moment you conquer one fear is the minute you conquer many fears.
Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.
Having talent is fantastic. Having confidence is even more important.
The best in business spend far more time on learning than in leisure.
The only way to improve tomorrow is to know what you did wrong today.
The way you begin your day determines the way you will live your day.
Ordinary people have big TVs. Extraordinary people have big libraries.
A problem only becomes a problem when we choose to see it as a problem
Scared is the price brave people pay to enjoy lives that make history.
Who you are becoming is more important than what you are accumulating.
The place where failure happens is also the place where courage lives.
If you’re not thinking for yourself, then you’re following-not leading.
To get Game-Changing results, start focusing on Game-Changing thoughts.
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.
There’s a cure for aging that no one talks about. It’s called learning.
The thoughts you think today determine the results you’ll see tomorrow.
Money is the reward for risks taken, value delivered and promises kept.
Time slips through our hands like grains of sand, never to return again.
Fill your brain with giant dreams so it has no space for petty pursuits.
The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.
A strong foundation at home sets you up for a strong foundation at work.
Failure is not having the courage to try, nothing more and nothing less.
The beautiful thing about fear is that when you run to it, it runs away.
Just because it may take longer, Doesn’t mean your dream won’t get done.
The beautiful thing about setbacks is they introduce us to our strengths.
Success isn’t something that occurs. Success is something that you create
Ordinary people love entertainment. Extraordinary people adore education.
Success on the outside means nothing unless you also have success within.
If people aren’t laughing at your dreams, your dreams aren’t big enough !
Before you can come to know your purpose, you must come to know yourself.
The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily.
The secret of innovation is to see what all see but think what none think
Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.
You can be a complainer. Or you can be an achiever. But you can’t be both
Giving with the intention of receiving really isn’t giving, it’s trading.
Its when the sun shines the brightest that our shadows appear the biggest
A little bit of fragrance always clings to the hands that gives you roses
Making money isn’t a bad thing at all – it allows for a lot more freedom.
Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.
Measure the success of your days by the lives touched vs the hours passed.
Everything that scares you is an opportunity to know your best self better.
The true value of a big dream is who you must grow into to live that dream.
The wisest among us – the genuine leaders – smile in the face of adversity.
You were born into fearlessness, but the world may have taught you to fear.
An exceptional life isn’t the result of lucky breaks but excellent choices.
Be so good at what you do that no one else in the world can do what you do.
The quickest way to grow the sales of your business is to grow your people.
What makes the best the best is they never actually think they’re the best.
Miss life’s simplest blessings and you’ll miss out on life’s greatest joys.
Clarity breeds mastery. And the goals you set drive the actions you’ll take.
Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul
To triple the growth of your organization, triple the growth of your people.
The value of travel is not just the travel but what the travel makes of you.
The best Leaders Without a Title use their heads and listen to their hearts.
Just because you couldn’t do it yesterday doesn’t mean you can’t do it today.
Make YOUR can larger than YOUR can’t, and YOUR DREAMS bigger than YOUR doubts
The most successful people on the planet have failed more than ordinary ones.
An amazing performance is always a reflection of awesome amounts of practice.
The words you speak are powerful. Especially the words you speak to yourself.
When you got to where your fear lives, your freedom starts to display itself.
Take care of your relationships and the sales/money will take care of itself.
When you see an opportunity to change the world, get up and get the job done!
Treat people well on your way up and they’ll treat you well on your way down.
Ask yourself this question every day: “How may I best serve the most people?”
The gift of achievement is not the things you get, but the person you become.
If you’re not uncomfortable on a daily basis, you’re not making much progress.
While we cannot choose how we will die, we can always choose how we will live.
If you want to be deeply respected, deeply respect as many people as possible.
Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.
Your life is a mirror. Life gives us not what we want. Life gives us who we are
You’ll know you’re amazing when you get devoted to making other people amazing.
Measure your net worth not by how much you have, but by many people you impact.
A fear is just a lie that you’ve rehearsed so many times you believe it’s true.
If there is a lack in your life it is because there is a lack in your thoughts.
The things that are hardest to do are often the things that are the best to do.
The average are addicted to leisure. The exceptional are obsessed with learning.
Better to be an optimist who gets disappointed than a pessimist who has no hope.
The real trick in life is to turn hindsight into foresight that reveals insight.
Devote yourself to learning something new about your field of mastery every day.
Until your dream dominates your mindset, you’ll never wake up to your greatness.
Fatigue dominates the lives of those who are living without direction and dreams.
Best way to learn how life works is to have the guts to truly go out and live it!
Ordinary performers have giant TVs. Extraordinary performers have huge libraries.
Know that the thing that is easiest to do is rarely the thing that is best to do.
Until our mission becomes our obsession, we’ll be chained to the realm of average.
Getting lost along your path is a part of finding the path you are meant to be on.
Every moment in front of a customer is a gorgeous opportunity to live your values.
First of all, begin to live out of the glory of your imagination, not your memory.
The seduction of safety is always more dangerous than the illusion of uncertainty.
Anyone can lead when the plan is working. The best lead when the plan falls apart.
Few things are as foolish as hoping old behaviors will somehow present new results.
Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.
Accept your teammates for what they are and inspire them to become all they can be.
If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably have to make time for illness.
Words have power. Use the language of leadership versus the vocabulary of a victim.
We become happier not by accumulating more things but by creating richer experiences
The business of business is relationships; the business of life is human connection.
Forget the economy. Just rewire your mentality. Then you’ll create your own economy.
You can’t make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good about yourself.
Commit to becoming breathtakingly great in all you do. And that’s what you’ll become.
You can’t be great if you don’t feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority.
What makes a champion is not how elegantly you start, but how strongly you finish…!!
What you focus on grows. What you concentrate on is what you see more of in your life.
The respect you give others is a dramatic reflection of the respect you give yourself.
Every great advancement was once nothing more than a dream in the mind of a visionary.
Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet.
To refuse to accept the call of your best life is to insult the force that created you.
If people are not laughing at your dreams at least once a week, you are aiming too low!
The strength and clarity of your vision will lift you out of the depth of any hardship.
Challenge serves beautifully to introduce you to your best – and most brilliant – self.
Mastery comes via a monomaniacal focus on simplicity versus an addiction to complexity.
Critics only speak up when they see someone shining. Average work doesn’t threaten them.
The more time you spend in your discomfort zone, the more your comfort zone will expand.
Reading a book by someone you respect allows some of their brilliance to rub off on you.
If the world watched how you worked today, would the world rise to its feet and applaud?
What this game’s really about is using each day as a platform to express your greatness.
Each day life sends you chances to learn, grow and step into your best. Don’t miss them.
What makes us fully human is the relentless quest for making things a little bit better.
Don’t use the hardships of your past as excuses to deny the possibilities of your future.
Mindsets are contagious. So choose the people you populate your life with extremely well.
Understand the acute difference between the cost of something and the value of something.
Only those willing to do what the very few do will get the rewards that the very few get.
Please remember that your greatest talent is so much more powerful than your biggest fear.
What makes success is not your genius idea, but the execution and follow-through around it
The conversations you are most resisting are the conversations you most need to be having.
If you have never visited the valleys, the view from the mountain top is not breathtaking.
The more you stop giving power to your excuses, the more you’ll send power to your dreams.
He who serves the most, reaps the most, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually.
Too many among us are afraid to be ourselves. So we give up our dreams to follow the crowd.
The beautiful thing about TODAY is that you get the choice to make it better than YESTERDAY
Productivity is less about what you do with your time. And more about how you run your mind.
Join The 5 am Club. Your most valuable hours are 5am-8am. They have the least interruptions.
Purpose is the most powerful motivator in the world. The secret of passion truly is purpose.
Never get into the petty habit of measuring yourself worth against other people’s net worth.
A ‘problem’ is nothing more than a gorgeous opportunity to discover an even better solution.
The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become.
If you inspire one person each day, you’re day hasn’t been a waste. It’s been a blessing.
Doing the difficult things that you’ve never done awakens the talents you never knew you had.
To have the rewards that very few have, do the things that very few people are willing to do.
Success is nothing more than living your life according to your own truth and your own terms.
The secret to genius is not genetics but daily practice married with relentless perseverance.
To be successful in business and life, spot the possibilities while others look for problems.
The treasures of your life will present themselves to you only if you really are open to them.
Sometimes success isn’t about making the right decision, it’s more about making some decision.
The ordinary focus on what they’re getting. The extraordinary think about who they’re becoming.
Say goodbye to the energy vampires in your life (the negative souls who steal your enthusiasm).
Fear is nothing more than a mental monster you have created, a negative stream of consciousness
An excuse is the tool our weak self uses to prevent our strongest self from reaching greatness.
If you want to put far more living in your life, start living every day as if it was your last.
An extraordinary life is all about daily, continuous improvements in the areas that matter most.
Making no decision is a decision. To do nothing. And doing nothing always brings you to nowhere.
As you live your hours, so you create your years. As you live your days, so you craft your life.
I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.
Never sacrifice happiness for the sake of achievement. The real key to life is to happily achieve
The business (and person) who tries to be everything to everyone ends up being nothing to anyone.
Success is the result of a delicate balance between making things happen and letting things happen.
You can do whatever you want to do as long as it is correct according to your conscience and heart.
To have everything you want, help as many people as you can possibly find get everything they want.
The most precious resource for businesspeople is not their time. It’s their energy. Manage it well.
No kid is unsmart. Every kid’s a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it.
Great performers are preparing and practicing for a winning day while everyone else is still asleep.
As a lawyer, money was my driving force. As the years passed, I accumulated more but was less happy.
Your life is meant to be an epic story. How you think, perform and live today is part of that script.
You must spend time every day, even if it is just a few minutes, in practice of creative envisioning.
Unsuccessful people get jealous when they watch the Mastery of others. Successful people get inspired.
Books simply help you to see what is already within your self. That’s what enlightenment is all about.
The average performer stops when they face fear. Iconic producer accelerates once they get frightened.
What you focus on grows, what you think about expands, and what you dwell upon determines your destiny.
A life without impact and contribution is a very empty life, so use your life to make the world better.
Understand that a problem is only a problem if you choose to view it as a problem (vs. an opportunity).
Run towards your fears. Embrace them. On the other side of your greatest fears lives your greatest life.
Today, rather than looking for the worst in people, I encourage you to look for what’s best within them.
Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else.
Run your own race. Who cares what others are doing? The only question that matters is ‘Am I progressing?’
Knowledge is potential power. It transforms itself into actual power the moment you decisively act on it.
No matter what you are experiencing in life right now, trust that all is unfolding in your best interests.
Build your life around 5 key priorities: The Big 5. Any more and you’ll suffer from Broken Focus Syndrome.
Your creativity comes from the universal source of all creation, the source of all intelligence and wisdom.
It’s amazing how far you will get by just staying with something long enough. Most people give up too early.
Life isn’t much more than a big dig through layers of doubt and fear into new levels of power and potential.
Remember, every great leader (or visionary or brave thinker) was initially laughed at. Now they are revered.
We live in a world where many of us have a lot of friends on Facebook but yet we have lost human connection.
Every person that you meet knows at least one thing that you don’t. Don’t let them leave without learning it.
If you really want to be world class – to be the best you can be – it comes down to preparation and practice.
The best way to create spectacular results in the most important areas of your life is through daily practice
Success lies in a masterful consistency around a few fundamentals. It really is simple. Not easy. But simple.
Brilliant results don’t just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice.
What distinguishes success from failures is that the successes constantly thirst for new ideas and knowledge.
See your life as a giant adventure. Keep pushing the envelope, and remember that every dream starts off small.
To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image.
Daily exercise is an insurance policy against future illness. The best Leaders Without Titles are the fittest.
All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others.
Would you rather live your life according to the approval of others or aligned with your truth and your dreams?
Truly enlightened people never seek to be like others. Rather, they seek to be superior to their former selves.
You know i was just thinking that it’s better to die trying [to live your bravest dream] than to live sleeping.
Your struggles have not been a waste. They’ve come to strengthen you. And grow your capacity to lead – and win.
Small daily – seemingly insignificant – improvements and innovations lead to staggering achievements over time.
Time is your most precious commodity and yet most of us live our lives as if we have all the time in the world.
Every minute spent worrying about ‘the way things were’ is a moment stolen from creating ‘the way things can be’
We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.
Less gossiping, more learning. Less complaining, more excelling. Less walls, more bridges. Less fear, more courage
The more messes you allow into your life, the more messes will become a normal (and acceptable) part of your life.
To become successful, first learn how to be happy. Too many think that the route to happiness is to get successful
Every day can be a platform to get you closer to your mountaintop. And yet, too many people live life by accident.
When you fall, feel the pain. And then stand up. You were born for victory. And failure has no place in your world.
The great danger of being around un-excellent people is that you start to become like them without even knowing it.
If your priorities don’t get scheduled into your planner, other people’s priorities will get put into your planner.
The more successful you and your organization become, the more humble and devoted to your customers you need to be.
Your greatest asset is your learning ability. The ordinary stroke their egos – the exceptional polishes their craft
The moment we think we’re masters of our crafts is the moment we’ve lost the hunger to become masters of our crafts.
Leadership is no longer about position – but passion. It’s no longer about image but impact. This is Leadership 2.0.
A runner doesn’t just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win?
Your environment (your home, your office, the magazines you read etc.) dramatically affects your levels of achievement
Leave everyone you meet better than you found them. Become an encourager of potential versus a destroyer of confidence.
Great achievement often happens when our backs are up against the wall. Pressure can actually enhance your performance.
You know, when you’re real and speak your truth (in respectful ways), people won’t always like you. But you’ll like you.
Gratitude drives happiness. Happiness boosts Productivity. Productivity reveals mastery. And mastery inspires the world.
Stop complaining about having no time for yourself and get up an hour earlier. You have the option, why not exercise it?
Aging only happens to people who lose their lust for getting better and disconnect from their natural base of curiosity.
If your in business your in show business. The moment you get to work your on stage. Give your performance of your life.
Try and get out into nature for even 30 min. each day to clear your head + think + walk + breathe. Great daily practice.
Our minds are shaped by the books we read. Our characters, by the people we meet. Our spirits by the love we give.
Education is the beginning of transformation. Dedicate yourself to daily learning via books/audios/seminars and coaching.
To get all that life wants for you, apply what I call the Boomerang Effect: Give out what you most want to see come back.
Focus. Focus…on your burning priorities. Say no to everything else. Life’s short. You only get one shot at great.
Sometimes, when everyone else is waiting for someone else to take the first step, you need to be the one to drive the change.
Lasting happiness comes from steadily working to accomplish your goals and advancing in the direction of your life’s purpose.
Money is a function of value creation. The more value you create for other people, the higher the sales of your organization.
We have a normal. As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.
A problem is only a problem when viewed as a problem. All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.
Leadership is not a popularity contest; it’s about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title
Difficult times disrupt your conventional ways of thinking and push you to forge better habits of thought, performance and being.
The greatest things in life all require commitment, sacrifice, some struggle and hardship. It’s not easy. But absolutely worth it.
Laughter opens your heart and soothes your soul. No one should ever take life so seriously that they forget to laugh at themselves.
Alright, the secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it.
Nothing fails like success. Because when you are at the top, it’s so easy to stop doing the very things that brought you to the top.
We can Fire a missile across the world with pinpoint accuracy, but we trouble keeping a date with our children to go to the library.
Either you set your goals and, in doing so, have your life governed by choice or you do nothing and have your life governed by chance.
I had many of the trappings of success. I was a lawyer. I drove a nice car and I had nice things. But “things” don’t make a rich life.
Goal-getting matters. And writing down the brave acts and bold dreams you intend to accomplish will provide the spark to get them done.
The value of getting to your goals lives not in reaching the goal but what the talents/strengths/capabilities the journey reveals to you.
Our wounds ultimately give us wisdom. Our stumbling blocks inevitably become our stepping stones. And our setbacks lead us to our strengths
All too often, we spend our days waiting for the ideal path to appear in front of us. We forget that paths are made by walking, not waiting.
Hope looks good on paper. But what creates greatness is focus, dedication and hard work. Daily. Go do it. We deserve to see you fly in 2014.
I believe we can accelerate our acumen, performance and success by leveraging our associations and spending time with people better than us.
When you see yourself as a powerful creator of your conditions, you’ll see opportunities to get to your goals – and dreams – all around you.
Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.
Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.
Dreams don’t “come true”. Dreams get “made true”. You have the power to get up, execute and make beautiful results happen, day by valuable day.
People fear leaving their safe harbor of the known and venturing off into the unknown. Human beings crave certainty – even when it limits them.
The only way to permanently install a new habit is to direct so much energy toward it that the old one slips away like an unwelcome house guest.
The real secret to a life of abundance is to stop spending your days searching for security and to start spending your time pursuing opportunity.
Be spectacularly great at what you do. Wear your passion on your sleeve and hold your heart in the palm of your hand. And work hard. Really hard.
No matter how big a house you have or how slick a car you drive, the only thing you can take with you at the end of your life is your conscience.
Clarity precedes mastery and 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 quality of success you will experience in your life ultimately depends upon the tiny choices you make every minute of every hour of every day.
Our biggest enemy is our own self-doubt. We really can achieve extraordinary things in our lives. But we sabotage our greatness because of our fear
Because the moment you stop doing the very things that got you to the top of the mountain is the very moment you begin the slid down to the valley.
The real value of setting and achieving goals lies not in the rewards you receive, but in the person you become as a result of reaching your goals.
Leadership is no longer about your position. It’s now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference You can lead without a title
Once every seven days, do something that frightens you. Every time we do something that we resist and is frightening, we actually grow in our power.
Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.
Leadership is a mindset that shifts from being a victim to creating results. Any one of us can demonstrate leadership in our work and within our lives.
Your genius will shine through, and happiness will fill your life, the instant you discover your higher purpose and direct all your energies towards it.
A leadership culture is one where everyone thinks like an owner, a CEO or a managing director. It’s one where everyone is entrepreneurial and proactive.
When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.
I take a massage each week. This isn’t an indulgence, it’s an investment in your full creative expression/productivity/passion and sustained good health.
Every second you dwell on the past you steal from your future. Every minute you spend focusing on your problems you take away from finding your solutions.
Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.
Dreaming is great, but thinking big thoughts alone will not build a business, pay your bills or make you into the person you know in your heart you can be.
If your outer life is really a reflection of the quality of your inner life, then it’s a brilliant move to spend at least an hour a day working on yourself.
Things are not as bad as it seems. The situations that cause us sorrow are the same ones that introduce us to the strength, power and wisdom that we truly are.
All things being equal, the primary competitive advantage of your business will be your ability to grow Leaders Without Titles faster than your industry peers.
When you treat people with massive respect and kindness, amazing to me how they return your respect and kindness 100X…even though you expected zero in return.
The more you worry about being applauded by others and making money, the less you’ll focus on doing the great work that will generate applause. And make you money.
The most satisfied and enlightened people realize that successful and dynamic living starts from within. Before you can care for others, you must care for yourself.
Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.
Don’t tolerate any form of average. Don’t accept Dis-excellence. Don’t stand for mediocre. If you’re going to settle, then please settle for the absolute best.
You would not have the wisdom and knowledge you now possess were it not for the setbacks you have faced, the mistakes you have made and the suffering you have endured.
Happiness is the offspring of concentrated action. Excellence is achieved through the progressive realization of incremental goals along the path of your life’s mission.
The Universe favors the brave. When you resolve to lift your life to its highest level, the strength of your soul will guide you to a magical place with magnificent treasures.
We need to keep our ears open to the realities of life. If we don’t act on life and take action to make things happen, it will act on us and give us results we might not want.
Success is created through the performance of a few small daily disciplines that stack up over time to produce achievements far beyond anything you could have ever planned for.
Every single person in the world could be a genius at something, if they practiced it daily for at least ten years (as confirmed by the research of Anders Ericsson and others).
A timeless lesson for a deeply fulfilling life is to discover your calling, that special work or consuming occupation that fully engages your special talents with your passions.
If you don’t act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. You can’t have all that you want if you remain the person you are. To get more from life, you need to be more in life.
People residing within the cult of average don’t like to see others rise. It threatens their security, and spotlights their low self-worth. Go for great, no matter what they say.
The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods.
The farmer has patience and trusts the process. He just has the faith and deep understanding that through his daily efforts, the harvest will come.And then one day, almost out of nowhere, it does.
Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.
Hard work opens doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rare – and special – human beings that uses the fullness of their talents for the highest and the very best.
Leadership is not about executive position or title. It is about connection and influence. At its highest, leadership is all about adding value to the world and blessing lives through the work you do.
Ive learned that everything happens for a reason, the yogi Krishnan told him. Every event has a why and all adversity teaches us a lesson… Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.
Happiness is the DNA of pleasure. My point is simply this: Pleasure comes from something on the outside. Happiness comes from within. It’s a state you create by choice. It’s a decision. It’s an act of will.
Remember, there are no real failures in life, only results. There are no true tragedies, only lessons. And there are no problems, only opportunities waiting to be recognized as solutions by the person of wisdom.
Mastery in work and in life is about committing yourself to being excellent in everything you do, no matter how small and no matter if no one is watching. Do you practice excellence in your most private moments?
People who have achieved great success are not necessarily more skillful or intelligent than others. What separates them is their burning desire and thirst for knowledge. The more one knows, the more one achieves.
The deeper your relationship with others, the more effective will be your leadership. People will not follow you if they do not trust you, and before someone will lend you a hand, you must first touch their heart.
The moment I stopped spending so much time chasing the big pleasure of life. I began to enjoy the little ones, like watching the stars dancing in moonlit sky or soaking in the sunbeams of a glorious summer morning.
I’ve had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys. But through this entire ride called ‘a life’ – I’ve refused to give up.
Leadership is less about the position you hold than the influence you have. It’s about doing world-class work, playing at your peak, and leaving people better than you found them. It’s about Leading Without a Title.
It wasn’t until I began to work on my inner life and know myself that my life changed. Success really does begin within. The size and quality of your outer life is only limited by the size and quality of your inner life.
From tonight onwards, take complete control of your life. Decide, once and for all, to be the master of your fate. Run your own race. Discover your calling and you will start to experience the ecstasy of an inspired life.
To achieve the impossible, you need to first develop the mindset that it’s probable. Please don’t allow the current limits of your life define your future reality. You deserve so much better. And the world deserves your best.
While the average person is home watching TV, the Leader Without a Title is in the gym getting stronger or at the library getting smarter or at the office getting better (or with their family growing kinder). Make this day count.
I love reading – inspirational books, leadership books, biographies. I exercise a lot and put on my audio book. Even If you would offer me a million dollars for my iPod I wouldn’t give it to you, because I have some great things on it.
Start to see yourself for who you really are: a traveller, an explorer or on the path of life, confidently advancing along the path of enlightenment towards your destiny. Don’t lose sight of the things that are truly vital in your life.
…”And for God’s sake, never get into the petty habit of measuring your self-worth against other people’s net-worth. As Yogi Ramen preached: ‘Every second you spend thinking about someone elses dreams you take time away from your own.'”
There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.
Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.
Life management begins with mind management. The quality of your life is influenced by the quality of your thoughts. Your thoughts do form your world. Scarce thoughts create a life of scarcity. Thoughts of abundance lead to abundant circumstances.
They may be smarter than you. They may have more money than you. They may come from a different city or a better family. But they can NEVER outwork you. And they can NEVER outprepare you. And they just can’t outpractice you. And that’s why you’ll win.
Remember, no matter what you background is and what your current circumstances are, you have the capacity to take action. This is one of the golden threads of humanity – we all have the power to act in a way that will improve the quality of our lives.
Commit to Excellence. Become massively innovative and wear your passion on your sleeve. They might call you different or weird or even crazy. But please remember, every great leader (or visionary or brave thinker) was initially laughed at. Now they are revered.
Remember, it is not the snake bite that kills, but the venom which circulates afterwards that is fatal. Do not let the snake bite of another person release any venom inside of you. You can control its entry and you are responsible for every thought in your mind.
Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don’t accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness.
The first fifteen minutes of your day should be spent planning your day. Set specific goals as to what you will accomplish. These clear goals will give you focal points on which you can govern your actions and provide your with a template you can live your day from.
It is only when you have mastered the art of loving yourself that you can truly love others. it’s only when you have opened your own heart that you can touch the hearts of others. when you feel centered and alive, you are in much better position to be a better person.
I recall a friend telling me that for all the years his mother worked, every clock in her home was set 30 minutes ahead. She was never late. And she was beloved by all. Punctuality matters. Shows respect for others. And excellence within yourself. Be great today. Please.
I promise you this: at the end of your days, you will discover that the things you now perceive to be the big things in your life will be seen as little things, and all those things that you now believe to be the little things, you will realize were really the big things.
To arrive at a place called Mastery, you must commit to daily and rigorous practice. Enjoy practising your craft for its own sake without turning your attention to your ultimate destination. Understand, once and for all, that the journey is as important as the destination.
There is great power in focusing on what you want….. The person who tries to do everything accomplishes nothing. Most people try to be all things to everyone. And so they end up being nothing to anyone. Confucius nailed the point: “Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.”
I look for interesting titles that are curious and make people think. A lot of people are always so caught up in their lives. But if I make them smile through my titles or provoke them a little bit then maybe they will think about things and read the book and take something away from it.
The key to a great life lies in shifting your focus from accumulation to contribution. The old saying “He who gathers the most toys wins” needs to be replaced with “He who serves the most prospers”. Remember, happiness is the by-product of a life spent adding value to other people’s lives.
Each day, life will send you little windows of opportunity. Your destiny will ultimately be defined by how you respond to these windows of opportunity. Shrink from them and your life will be small, feel the fear and run to them anyway, and you life will be big. Life’s just too short to play little.
People can be happy while they are going through great pain and adversity. There’s no pleasure evident in their external lives yet they are content on the inside. And conversely, tons of people are surrounded by pleasure (fast cars, nice homes, great clothes) but there is no joy within. So choose to be happy.
Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate though daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence. The rewards will be abundant.
Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. I have realized that failure, whether of the personal, professional or even spiritual kind, is essential to personal expansion. It brings inner growth and a whole host of psychic rewards. Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is.
It’s been said that as we move through life, we have to juggle a number of different balls. Some balls, like the one that represents career, are made of rubber. If we drop them, they have the ability to bounce back. But some balls are made of glass – family is like that. If you drop that ball, it doesn’t come back.
Being an elite performer on the playing field of life is not about being perfect. Rather, it is about cultivating a mental focus towards mastery in every area of your life. It is about commiting yourself, from the core of your heart, to manifest and polish your highest talents and become the person you are destined to be.
Associate only with positive, focused people who you can learn from and who will not drain your valuable energy with uninspiring attitudes. By developing relationships with those committed to constant improvement and the pursuit of the best that life has to offer, you will have plenty of company on your path to the top of whatever mountain you seek to climb.
We all travel different roads to our ultimate destinations. For some of us the path is rockier than for others. But no one reaches the end without feeling some form of adversity. So rather than fight it, why not accept it as the way of life? Why not detach yourself from the outcomes and simply experience every circumstance that enters your life to the fullest?
All I’m saying is that to liberate the potential of your mind, body and soul, you must first expand your imagination. You see, things are always created twice: first in the workshop of the mind and then, and only then, in reality. I call this process ‘blueprinting’ because anything you create in your outer world began as a simple blueprint in your inner world.
Every second you spend thinking about what you don’t want in your life is a second denying focus and energy from getting what you do want. Every minute you worry about what’s not working is a minute drawn away from creating what will work. And every hour spent reflecting on the disappointments of the past is an hour stolen from seeing the possibilities that your future holds.
To be true to ourselves, however, is not an easy task. We must break free of the seductions of society and live life on our own terms, under our own values and aligned with our original dreams. We must tap our hidden selves; explore the deep-seated, unseen hopes, desires, strengths and weaknesses that make us who we are. We must understand where we have been and where we are going.
The most fully actualized people that I studied over ten years consistently pushed the envelope. These people consistently demanded far more of themselves every day than anyone else ever expected from them. These people raised their standards and committed themselves from their hearts to be the best they could be and to live a life of uncommon wonder. This is what self-mastery is all about.
Success is created through the performance of a few small daily disciplines that stack up over time to produce achievements far beyond anything you could of ever planned for. Failure, on the other hand, is just as easy to slip into. Failure’s is nothing more than the inevitable outcome of a few small acts of daily neglect performed consistently over time so that they take you past the point of no return.
Risk is more than is required. Learn more than is normal. Be strong. Show courage. Breathe. Excel. Love. Lead. Speak your truth. Live your values. Laugh. Cry. Innovate. Simplify. Adore mastery. Release mediocrity. Aim for genius. Stay humble. Be kinder than expected. Deliver more than is needed. Exude passion. Shatter your limits. Transcend your fears. Inspire others by your bigness. Dream big but start small. Act now. Don’t stop. Change the world.
Big Idea – Your days are your life in miniature. As you live your hours, so you create your years. As you live your days, so you craft your life. What you do today is actually creating your future. The words you speak, the thoughts you think, the food you eat and the actions you take are defining your destiny – shaping who you are becoming and what your life will stand for. Small choices lead to giant consequences over time. There’s no such thing as an unimportant day.
Gandhi said ‘One cannot do right in one area of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in another; Life is one indivisible whole.’ This point of wisdom is profound. A commitment to excellence is not just reserved for a few select areas of your life – it must be reflected in everything you do. Your diet must reflect your commitment to excellence. Your physique must reflect your commitment to excellence. Your personal habits must reflect your commitment to excellence and your thoughts must reflect a commitment to excellence.
I often joke with my audiences that I make most of my income on a ski pole. People smile but they get my point. You need to make time for your genius to flow. We get our creative bursts, those idea torrents that take our business and personal lives to the next level, while we are skiing or drinking coffee in a Starbucks or walking in the woods or meditation with a sunrise. Those pursuits are not a waste of time. Creativity comes when you are relaxed, happy and enjoying the moment. And when it comes, it brings ideas that rock your world.

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