Embrace the Fearless Optimism of Genius Entrepreneurs

Suffering is nature’s way of making you special. 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 allo...

16 Aug 20232min

Gratitude is a beautiful thing. Makes the recipient feel better. Makes the sender feel great. In my journal, I often express gratitude to the people who elevate, influence and inspire me. On crisp white pages, I honor my kids for all the gifts they have brought to my life (wish I could be half as amazing as them). I celebrate the musicians who fill me with joy. I appreciate my teammates who leave their homes each morning to help me share my message with people and organizations around the ...

15 Aug 20232min

I do believe that rest and recovery and regeneration are deeply essential. I’ve written a lot about this “cycling” in my latest book The Everyday Hero Manifesto and The 5AM Club if you’d like to go deeper. Yet, to lead a soaring life one must also be productive. Getting big and meaningful projects done gives you the feeling of satisfaction. And that you’re leveraging your life well.FOLLOW ROBIN SHARMA:InstagramFacebookTwitterYouTube

14 Aug 20232min

It’s in the face of fear, doubt and danger that we are given the chance to test out our wisest, bravest and biggest selves. Rather than wishing for easier days, perhaps we should be praying for greater strength. If there was only one thing I could do to turn struggle into power, doubt into leadership and paralysis into results, what would it be?” I’d say this... ...work on you. Your inner core. Because life always reflects you. If you'd like to significantly increase your happiness via rea...

11 Aug 20234min

Monumental leaders lead without a title, deriving their power and organizational influence via their character, performance, results and optimism versus from the position they have on the organizational chart. Winning is both making your own ethical ambitions come true while giving those that you serve overwhelming benefit through the work you do, products you calibrate and services that you offer. So you become an exceptional—and unrelenting—force of good, on this tiny planet you and I in...

10 Aug 20232min

In this era of hypercompetition, massive marketplace disruption and other forms of deep change that I haven’t seen as so intense in my lifetime, I do humbly suggest there is a way to lead your field. I teach the clients I mentor to pay less attention to the swings of the stock market, global economy and geopolitical factors (which we cannot control) and dramatically increase your dedication to one thing you CAN control: the value and innovation you bring to your customers and industry. Yes, ...

9 Aug 20232min

If you’ve read my latest book you know that although I spoke a lot about legacy years ago (even wrote a book on it 25 years ago called Who Will Cry When You Die?), I no longer think it’s a thing worth pursuing. Because we’ll be dead. So who cares what people say? Better to be great and brave and excellent and loving while you’re alive. That’s the irony: care not about your legacy and live gorgeously now and you’ll automatically create a grand legacy. FOLLOW ROBIN SHARMA: Instagram Fac...

8 Aug 20232min

Geniuses understand that it's smarter to create one masterwork than one thousand ordinary pieces Yet, to lead a soaring life one must also be productive. Getting big and meaningful projects done gives you the feeling of satisfaction. And that you’re leveraging your life well. [I explain my entire creative and productive process in my #1 bestseller The Everyday Hero Manifesto; definitely get your copy here].FOLLOW ROBIN SHARMA:InstagramFacebookTwitterYouTube

7 Aug 20232min