Quotes from Robin S. Sharma

Stay true to your values.

Stay true to your vision/dream. There's something to be said for just staying at what you are trying to achieve well past the point everyone else gives up.

You can't do the finest work of your career staying in your city.

Unsuccessful people are the ones who are impressed by celebrity, by people's names and titles.

I'm a simple man. Grew up in a small town. Came from humble beginnings. No silver spoon.

Three hours of focused time on the projects that will really add value and uplift your career are so much better than 10 hours where you are constantly being interrupted and taken off your focus.

Top athletes understand that to play at their best, they must alternate periods of intense performance with periods of strategic renewal.

Each of us, every day, through the jobs we do, are offered a shot at greatness, an opportunity to reach immortality.

The best in business have boundless curiosity and open minds.

The world needs many more dreamers. Unreasonable souls who fight the urge to be ordinary.

Too many people start their day like a five-alarm fire. Instead, I teach people to start their day a little earlier than they usually do, and urge them to take the time to prepare, to practise, so when you get to work, it's show time and you're at your best.

Remember, we see the world not as it is but as we are. Most of us see through the eyes of our fears and our limiting beliefs and our false assumptions.

Delegate to others who have strengths where you don't. But sometimes, you just need to be the one to drive the change when everyone else is waiting for someone else to take the first step. To me, that's courage in action.

Exercising will make you look better, feel stronger, and fill you with boundless energy. Staying fit will even make you happier.

I bought my own home in 2004. It's a sanctuary for my family and a place of peace and calm. It's key for anyone committed to leadership and success to avoid the noise and focus on their best opportunities.

Managers develop organisations; leaders develop people.

Inner improvements create outer ones.

The more you rely/trust and believe in your team and the bigger the investment you make in getting them to their greatness, the larger will be the commitment, engagement, and outright devotion they have when it comes to you.

I was a litigation lawyer, working in downtown Toronto. I was successful, yet I was very unfulfilled. I had the sense that I really wasn't living according to my values, and I didn't have the passion or sense of mission I was looking for.

My encouragement: delete the energy vampires from your life, clean out all complexity, build a team around you that frees you to fly, remove anything toxic, and cherish simplicity. Because that's where genius lives.

The vast masterpieces of art, business, science, and humanity were not constructed by practical people.

Your billion-dollar ideas don't show up in the middle of dramatic distraction. They show up when you have the business and personal discipline to make space for your creative mind to flourish.

The best of the best understand that people do business with people they like. People do business with people they trust, and people do business with those who make them feel special.

Victims recite problems. Leaders develop solutions. That might seem like common sense, but common sense is rarely common practice.