Robin Sharma Quotes

What you resist will persist; what you befriend, you will transcend.

Today, rather than looking for the worst in people, I encourage you to look for what's best within them.

It doesn't matter where you start. Only that you begin.

Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.

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.

Every person that you meet knows at least one thing that you don't. Don't let them leave without learning it.

Never get into the petty habit of measuring yourself worth against other people's net worth.

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

For you to win, no one needs to lose.

The more fears we walk through, the more power we reclaim.

One of the primary tactics for enduring winning is daily learning.

Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.

Mastery comes via a monomaniacal focus on simplicity versus an addiction to complexity.

The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity

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.

No matter what you are experiencing in life right now, trust that all is unfolding in your best interests.

Less gossiping, more learning. Less complaining, more excelling. Less walls, more bridges. Less fear, more courage

Critics only speak up when they see someone shining. Average work doesn't threaten them.

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.

An excuse is the tool our weak self uses to prevent our strongest self from reaching greatness.

See your life as a giant adventure. Keep pushing the envelope, and remember that every dream starts off small.

Measure the success of your days by the lives touched vs the hours passed.

Best way to learn how life works is to have the guts to truly go out and live it!

Your struggles have not been a waste. They've come to strengthen you. And grow your capacity to lead - and win.

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.

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.

Success is beautiful and dangerous.

Today's a great day to change a life. Starting with yours.

Focus on the impact you make versus the title you have.

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?

The best way to honor your dreams is to get them done!

The purpose of fear is to determine how badly you want your dream.

You'll never change the world if you're worried about being liked.

An amazing performance is always a reflection of awesome amounts of practice.

Criticism is the price of ambition.

You'll never go wrong in doing what is right.

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.

What makes us fully human is the relentless quest for making things a little bit better.

When we give up on our dreams, we die while still alive.

Making money isn't a bad thing at all - it allows for a lot more freedom.

Be the master of your will but the servant of your conscience.

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.

Accept your teammates for what they are and inspire them to become all they can be.

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.

Keep challenging yourself to think better, do better, and be better.

Ordinary people have big TVs. Extraordinary people have big libraries.

To lead is to be yourself in a world of clones

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.

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.

You can't have all you want remaining who you currently are.

Don't use the hardships of your past as excuses to deny the possibilities of your future.

Being scared is part of being alive. Accept it. Walk through it.

The more time you spend in your discomfort zone, the more your comfort zone will expand.

A 'problem' is nothing more than a gorgeous opportunity to discover an even better solution.

Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.

You know i was just thinking that it's better to die trying [to live your bravest dream] than to live sleeping.

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.

Aging only happens to people who lose their lust for getting better and disconnect from their natural base of curiosity.

The secret of innovation is to see what all see but think what none think

You must spend time every day, even if it is just a few minutes, in practice of creative envisioning.

You can do whatever you want to do as long as it is correct according to your conscience and heart.

On the other side of the fear live your possibilities.

Sometimes you have to get off track to discover a better track

Nothing works unless you do the work.

Great achievement always requires great sacrifice.

Never forget the importance of living with unbridled exhilaration.

Self knowledge is the stepping stop to self mastery.

Shatter all your fear.

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.

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.

Fatigue dominates the lives of those who are living without direction and dreams.

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.

You can't be great if you don't feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority.

Every moment in front of a customer is a gorgeous opportunity to live your values.

As we each express our natural genius, we all elevate our world.

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.

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.

Your life is meant to be an epic story. How you think, perform and live today is part of that script.

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."

Without the doing, the dreaming is useless.

Truly enlightened people never seek to be like others. Rather, they seek to be superior to their former selves.

Hard times produce your greatest gifts.

Dedicate yourself to expressing your best.

What you focus on always gets better.

If there is a lack in your life it is because there is a lack in your thoughts.

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.

The secret to genius is not genetics but daily practice married with relentless perseverance.

To have everything you want, help as many people as you can possibly find get everything they want.

No critic ever changed the world.

You'll know you're amazing when you get devoted to making other people amazing.

The quickest way to grow the sales of your business is to grow your people.

Know that the thing that is easiest to do is rarely the thing that is best to do.

Be kinder than expected.

Please remember that your greatest talent is so much more powerful than your biggest fear.

Negative feedback can make us bitter or better.

Don't just parent your kids, develop them.

Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.

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).

Take care of your dreams. Or your fears will care for them for you.

The most precious resource for businesspeople is not their time. It's their energy. Manage it well.