Robin Sharma Articles

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

Success, world-class health, internal fulfillment and sustained happiness don't just happen. These elements of your best life are created. All too often we look at a human being pla

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

The things that drive you crazy are actually giant opportunities. The people who press your buttons are actually your greatest teachers. The things that make you angry are actually

Big idea: Your days are your life in miniature. 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

Life is a skill. And like any other skill, once you know the ground rules and make the time to practice, you can get better. If you really devote yourself to life, you could even re

Powerful thought: great achievement often appears when our backs are up against the wall. Pressure can actually enhance your performance. Your power most

The words you use determine the way you feel. The language you choose shapes the way you perceive the world. Your vocabulary drives meaning in your life. Please th

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

Controversial title for my entry today? Perhaps. But I think it's true. I've heard so many gurus say that ideas are the currency of success and thinking drives the New Economy and w

You'll never know if you don't even try. There is giant power in asking for what you want. All too often, our internal chatter prevents us from taking the steps needed to get us to our own unique f

So easy to forget this one: doing good makes you feel good. Being kind to a co-worker not only enables and elevates them - it lifts your mood. Adding outrageous value to a customer and making them

Fear can be scary. When it surfaces, we are wired to run. To avoid it. To consider it as a bad thing. Not true. In my mind fear is beautiful. An opportunity. A gift.On the other side of ever

An idea just came to visit. Needed to share it with you. You've heard it before but the more we get exposed to good ideas, the deeper we integrate them. Like reading a powerful book for a second an

A simple insight for you today: every time to practice a weakness, you feed it. And the things you feed grow in your life.Every time you don't live your values, The Integrity Gap widens. Eve

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 minut

People ache for great listening. Do you give it to them? I so passionately believe that one of the single best things you can do to get your relationships (both professional and personal) to world-

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

Everybody runs from conflict. Makes us feel bad so we avoid it. Sweep it under the rug, hoping it will somehow resolve itself. Never does-just festers like a bad wound. Here's my take on co

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.

You may not know how powerful you are. Big idea: Every one of us has so many more choices than we can currently see. Remember, we see the world not as it is but as we are. Most of us see through th

Love what the co-founder of Google recently said: "success will come from simplicity." I invite you to really go deep into his words. They are enormously powerful. Success via simplicity - g

Simple idea with powerful consequences: everyone who intersects your life knows something you don't. To get to world-class, don't miss any opportunity to leverage the learning/insights/experiences

Starbury One basketball shoes look a lot like those peddled by Nike and Reebok. They are worn on-court by NY Knick guard Stephon Marbury. And they are built to last, like those of their competitors

Fast businesses are using the power of social networks like MySpace to rise to all-new levels of success. They are tapping into user generated content for solutions to many of their business challe

Big Idea: your most challenging relationship carries with it the seeds of your greatest growth. The relationship that tests/frustrates/irritates you the most actually is one of your greatest blessi

It's stunningly interesting to me how we have the power to - over the hours of this very day - make a decision/choice/commitment that can transform our professional as well as our personal liv

Life's counter-intuitive. The things that we most resist carry the seeds of our greatness. The stuff that makes us feel uncomfortable makes us stronger. And the things that are hard to do help us g

It's so very human to fight for your excuses. "I can't be better than I am at work." "I don't have the time to exercise." "I can't do this dream or that dream because it's

I did a show on The Sirius Radio Network yesterday. The host, Jesse Dylan, asked me a powerful question. "Robin, we all have goals and aspirations. But sometimes things don't go as planned. Ho

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.

You know this but it may be valuable to remember that adversity introduces us to ourselves. We get to see what we are made of. Our strengths. And our weaknesses. Hard times always pass but serve us