Lessons from “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”
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- The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny by Robin Sharma
- Respect your time.
- How do you savor life to the fullest and not waste a single moment of your time?
- By reminding yourself that today could very well be your last day.
- So it’s high time you stop accepting a life of mediocrity.
- The only way to experience more is to push yourself to do more.
- Because only 20% of your time, dedicated to the day-to-day activities, yield lasting results that could influence the quality of your life.
- Being efficient with your time also means being ruthless about it.
- You have to have the courage to say “no”.
- Start small.
- By showing how much you value your time, others will learn to recognize it and as a consequence, respect you for it.
- Because, only enlightened people are priority driven.
- The purpose of life is a life of purpose
- Imagine discovering a map that leads you directly to a treasure chest.
- That’s how exciting it would be when you discover your life’s purpose.
- But this idea appears as elusive as the leprechaun at the end of the rainbow.
- So here are action steps from the Sages of Sivana to ensure your goal is as attainable as you believe it to be:
- Create a clear mental picture of your treasure trove or end goal;
- Give yourself some positive pressure so you don’t slip back into your bad habits and self-doubts;
- Write a goal-contract with yourself and include a timeline;
- Build your habit by taking a brave step every day towards achieving it. Remember: Baby steps are still steps;
- Laugh along the way because a day without laughter or a day without love is a day without life.
- Do the things you fear the most.
- The lesson from the monk is that success on the outside begins within.
- When you identify the things that are holding you back, you should face them.
- Do the things you fear, because you’re building the foundation of success and leadership within yourself.
- Leading yourself first gives others the vote of confidence that you’re capable of leading them too.
- So act with the integrity and be guided by your heart.
- Enjoy the little things in life.
- You don’t need too many material possessions for you to enjoy life.
- The book talks about Julian Mantle, a successful lawyer who sold his material possessions when he discovered that he could enjoy life by meditating on the beauty of the little things of life such as a spider’s web and flowers.
- Live with discipline.
- We’re all the more tempted and distracted today by the noises our devices make and the people we interact with on a daily basis.
- Here’s an exercise from the book you can apply to your life immediately. Repeat the mantra below and take a vow of silence for the entire day where you only speak to respond to a direct question:
- “I am more than I appear to be.
All the world’s strength and power rests inside me.”
- It takes courage to nurture self-discipline because it’s not easy.
- But once you give yourself the power to be more than your environment, you’ll ultimately win and unshackle yourself from a mental prison.
- Cultivate your mind.
- The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.
- Ironically, under the grand laws of nature, our mind can only hold one thought at a time.
- By making negative thoughts your focus, you’ll embody it, or worst, manifest it.
- This mentality will only hinder your personal growth.
- Mastering your mind means seeing setbacks as opportunities.
- By envisioning your dreams, you give your mind the power to cultivate it and make it a reality.
- So occupy your mind with uplifting thoughts.
- You’ll come to realize, the power of cultivating a rich mentality will help you manifest the energy you’ll need to attain the success you desire.
- Your outer life improves if you build your inner world.
- Working on factors such as discipline and optimism enables you to achieve whatever you want.
- Besides this, building your inner world through the cultivation of faith, a strong spirit, and self-mastery makes you unstoppable in your outer world.
- That being said, you must focus on building a strong character because doing so will enable you to easily succeed in your outer world.
- Always listen to good things, watch good stuff, and spend your time with good people.
- Practice daily acts of kindness.
- Expressing gratitude daily plants the seed within yourself that each day is sacred.
- The richer the relationship you build around you, the more abundance comes your way.
- Giving more to life and to your community is a paradigm-shifting perspective from the “self” mentality of survival of the fittest.
- Practicing gratitude and dedicating time to the act of giving, can help you find your purpose in the world.
- Write down your goal.
- The art of goal setting doesn’t make sense to everyone and for a good reason.
- When we write our goals down and then constantly look at them, we subconsciously tell our brain to red flag any thought that comes into our mind, which relates to one of our goals.
- Goals allow your mind to place an importance indicator on every thought you have, from important to least important.
- Goals are really just focusing your thoughts on the things you want and discarding everything else — groundbreaking!
- Embrace the present.
- We are all here for some special reason.
- Stop being a prisoner of your past.
- Become the architect of your future.
- We live in a fast-paced world, where we all wear the busy badge.
- However, it’s important to live like a child and embrace the joys of the moment.
- While you have dreams and ambitions, celebrate the journey that will take you there.
- Love the tiny successes and the failures along the way.
- Practice gratitude and stop putting off your happiness for the sake of achievement.
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