A Powerful Passage from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

A life based on what you get versus what you give is one that will always lead to an end that is empty. Too many good souls have lost their way. ...they’ve traded the peacefulness of making the lives of others better for the stress of making their fortunes stronger. ...they’ve exchanged a rich connection with their spiritual dimension for the poverty of a lavish pursuit for more houses, boats, jets and mansions. ...they’ve bartered the authentic desire we each carry within us to make soci...

4 Feb 20224min

The majority are stuck in scarcity. They don’t give much to their organizations nor to their customers. And so their people never fall in love with them—and their brands. The exceptionalists are all about generosity. They know that the marketplace replies to value delivered. If you're ready to make 2022 the single happiest, healthiest and most productive year of your life yet with Robin Sharma as your mentor... He has just released a VERY special new online course based on his #1 global b...

3 Feb 20222min

So here’s an extremely powerful tactic that has been delivering gorgeous results for the elite clients that I coach. [And please know that it’s really helping me advance my own game massively, as well]. It’s called The Forced Optimization Strategy (FOS)… …The idea’s this: forget self-discipline when it comes to getting to your health, career, financial and spiritual goals. What works 100X better is to install an automatic system that “forces” you to do the thing you need to do. The reali...

2 Feb 20223min

The average performer is pure consumer. It’s all about buying and having things. Their self-identity is based on the brands, labels and badges of the moment. Iconic producers care very little about stuff. What stokes their fire has less to do with being a consumer and a lot more to do with being a maker. For them, their compelling cause is all about using their creativity, energy, talents and time to produce value that not only delivers their personal dreams but makes the world a greater ...

1 Feb 20222min

During this storm, rather than play victim and wish things were the way they used to be (those days are gone), elevate your leadership game and out-invent everyone around you. Rather than freezing, create new value that your marketplace will adore. Products that customers now need more than ever and services that will help them make their desires real. Suffering has always provided soil for awesome creativity, next-level productivity and innovation. Be viscerally on fire to bring value to ...

31 Jan 20223min

The way most people work is from an ancient age. The idea that working longer and harder makes you more productive and better is outdated. It comes from the era when most workers toiled on a factory line. And by putting in more hours they would create more products. For creative professionals versus manual laborers, you get rewarded—not by the length of time you put in but by the degree of mastery that you put out. As a matter of fact, for those in industries that must deliver world-class...

28 Jan 20222min

It's easy to forget that successful people didn’t just wake up that way. They started off ordinary – with a goal – and then focused on the daily small steps required to reach it. And as the days slipped into weeks and the weeks into months and the month into years, their dream became more alive. Each day, they practice. So….devote to practice. -practice getting up at 5 am each day. It’ll get easier (that’s what practice does). -practice being more positive and passionate -practice being more ...

27 Jan 20222min

Rest a lot. The dominant chant of the productive class these days is “hustle and grind”... ...The suggestion is that if you’re not working all the time you will never win. I’ve found that elite productivity comes via cycling of intense periods of work balanced with profound periods of rest (this includes active rest; I explain all of this in my new book The Everyday Hero Manifesto. If you're ready to make 2022 the single happiest, healthiest and most productive year of your life yet with Ro...

26 Jan 20223min