The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
- Robin Sharma
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When a successful lawyer has a close-to-death experience, he understands that there is more to life than riches. Gone on a journey to The Himalayas, he learns a few principles and comes back home to pass it on to his student.
5 steps to follow to make desires come true:
1. Clear vision of outcome.
2. Create positive pressure to keep self-inspired.
3. Never set a goal without attaching a timeline to it and commit it to a paper.
4. The Magic Rule of 21 – Perform a new activity for 21 days in a row.
5. Enjoy the process.
3 mirrors that form a person's reflection:
1. How you see yourself
2. How others see you
3. Reflects the truth
The Purpose of life is a Life of Purpose.
Happiness comes through the progressive realization of a worthy objective.
List your weaknesses and face them more often.
Understand the anatomy of fear. It is your own creation.
It is easy to tear it down just as easy it is to erect it up.
A Fable with lessons:
You are sitting in the middle of a magnificent, lush, green garden. This garden is filled with the most spectacular flowers you have ever seen. The environment is supremely tranquil and silent. Savor the sensual delights of this garden and feel as if you have all the time in the world to enjoy this natural oasis. As you look around you see that in the center of this magical garden stands a towering, red lighthouse, six stories high. Suddenly, the silence of the garden is disturbed by a loud creaking as the door at the base of the lighthouse opens. Out stumbles a nine-foot-tall, nine-hundred-pound Japanese sumo wrestler who casually wanders into the center of the garden.
As this sumo wrestler starts to move around the garden, he finds a shiny gold stopwatch which someone had left behind many years earlier. He slips it on, and falls to the ground with an enormous thud. The sumo wrestler is rendered unconscious and lies there, silent and still. Just when you think he has taken his last breath, the wrestler awakens, perhaps stirred by the fragrance of some fresh yellow roses blooming nearby. Energized, the wrestler jumps swiftly to his feet and intuitively looks to his left. He is startled at what he sees. Through the bushes at the very edge of the garden he observes a long winding path covered by millions of sparkling diamonds. Something seems to instruct the wrestler to take the path, and to his credit, he does. This path leads him down the road of everlasting joy and eternal bliss.
Here, the garden is your mind.
The lighthouse is the direction – follow your purpose.
Japanese sumo wrestler is self-expansion and progress.
The Pink cabled wire is self-discipline. Momentum = self-control + willpower.
Shiny gold watch refers to Time.
The Roses are a symbol to selflessly serve others.
The path of tiny diamonds is the enriched lifestyle. Thus, have gratitude and live in the moment.
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Non-FictionThis is a compilation of the books that I have read and the important lessons/points that must always be remembered. Mostly, they are self-development/non-fiction books. - Have fun as you read on, and learn along! If you are inspired, you might purc...
