Robin Sharma Articles

Language offers a framework for meaning.  Please think about that powerful idea.  We understand the world

Leadership has nothing to do with the title on your business card or the size of your office. Leadership is not about how much money you make or the clothes you wear. Leadership is

Big question for you: “what are you doing to help build a new and better world?” Don't blame the politicians. Don't blame those around you. Don't blame your parents or y

Big Idea: The competitive advantage of your organization comes down to a simple imperative – your ability to grow and develop leaders faster than your competition. You need to

Leadership begins within. You can't do good at work until you feel good. You can't make someone feel great about themselves until you feel good about yourself. You can't be a source

The sad fact is that most people see the worst in others - they see them through the eyes of their own anger, fear and limitation. If someone shows up late for a meet

The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once observed: “most people take the limits of their vision to be the limits of the world. A few do not. Join them.” Pr

 Every time you say yes to something that is unimportant, you say no to something that is important. “Yes men” never create anything great. There's great value in getting good at s

 Any good psychologist will tell you that one of the deepest needs of a human being is the need to belong. We are happiest when we feel connected to others-when we are part of a community. Top

 Human beings crave control-just the way we are. A survival mechanism that goes right back to the days when we lived in caves. We need certainty and anything less makes us uncomfortable. But l

That old line remains brilliantly true: "the harder I work, the luckier I get". Life helps those who help themselves. Learned that one from personal experience. I'm not on

“Be Enthusiastic” smacks of trite sloganeering. “Be energetic” sounds obvious. “Be passionate” seems boring. Yet without enthusiasm, energy and passion, you cann

It's true what they say: the harder I work, the luckier I get. Brings me to my point today: “is a great life the result of luck or are there a series of natural laws at play that produce grea

Okay, your shoes don't need to shine to be a superb leader (and remember - leadership isn't about your position, it's about the way you show up each day...so lead without title). My point is simply

Imagine a dashboard with a dial or meter on it. At one end is the word “freedom”. At the other the word “responsibility.” To me, leadership and living a great life is striki

I just had an encounter with a salesperson I'll never see again. He wasn't rude. He wasn't incompetent. He wasn't uncaring. He was okay on every front. But in a world with a dazzling array of choic

Sure it takes effort/discipline and gigantic focus to get to world-class (and live your greatest life). Sure leadership is about doing what's right versus easy. And I agree that success requires sa

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Full-disclosure: I'm not the first to use the term “Fail Faster”. But I love it. Coca-Cola CEO Neville Isdell, at the annual meeting informed shareholders that the company was now going

Most training programs don't have lasting impact. Most seminars provoke only micro-change. Most inspirational or leadership books get us excited only until we wake up the next morning and reality i

Only leaders (and we all can Lead Without Title) who are willing to think differently can out-innovate everyone around them. Thinking the same thoughts produces the same results. Leadership is all

Watched a road crew at work this morning while walking to a meeting. The team leader was having a bad day. A bus driver was hitting her horn because a traffic barricade was in her way. The team lea

Michelangelo was asked how he created his masterpieces. He replied that he simply saw the works of art embedded within the slabs of marble and then set about chipping away at everything that wasn't

Imagine living in a world where every movie you see has the same story line. Imagine if the only choice of drink was water and the only flavor of ice cream was chocolate (okay maybe that one wouldn

You know I've never claimed to be perfect. From the start, I've told you I'm no guru and most definitely a work in progress. I have my strengths. And my flaws (like every human around us). One of m

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Simple truth I've learned from the best leaders I've worked with as an executive coach, professional speaker and leadership consultant: the only way to truly get power is to give it away. The more

Talk is cheap. Actions speak. Doesn't matter what you start. Brilliant that you have the courage to take that first step (nothing changes until you change). But what's the point of starting

One of the fastest ways to find the solution to an issue or challenge you are facing is to ask the right questions. The right question inevitably leads you to the correct answer. Questions matter.

Walking down the street today I heard a man repeating this mantra: "Have you helped someone today besides yourself?" He was trying to raise money. For his Cause. But it got me thinking. A

(Note: this article appeared in The Economic Times of India as part of Robin's recent tour in that country) In my leadership development work with companies like IBM, FedEx and Nike and as

Leading Without Title is about assuming personal responsibility. It's about creating rich results. It's about taking charge to get things done - no matter if you are on the front line or in the C-S

It doesn't matter what other people think of you. All that matters is what you think of you. We lose so much energy worrying about the opinions of others, wanting to be liked. Leadership an

Stainless steel - a great invention. But what about a stainless character? On that is noble, aspires for excellence in all pursuits and never gives up in pursuit of its ideals. Even better.

We all face challenges. It's the human condition. Everyone, on this very day, is dealing with something they wish they weren't dealing with. Some have lost a loved one. Others are facing an illness

In this age of foul-mouthed rock stars, famous for being famous celebrities and uber-greedy CEOs who take home huge rewards while the shares of their companies hit rock bottom, there's a new way to

Was at the Picasso museum in Barcelona a few weeks ago. The experience deeply influenced me. I saw how he was not afraid to deconstruct and then reinvent his art over the course of his life. I saw the

Reading Rolling Stone magazine this am. One of the best business magazines I read. "But Rolling Stone is a music magazine," you remind me. Exactly.I often get my best business id

Just read a line by famed designer Karim Rashid: "I think we should always be looking 15 minutes ahead." I suggest we should always be thinking 15 years ahead. Clarity precedes mastery and i

Please don't tell me being kind and learning to listen and building out your vision and things like working on your character are soft. Nope. They are hard. And that's why so few of us do them.

As I wrote in Who Will Cry When You Die?, "The smallest of actions is always b