Robin sharma quotes

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

Hard times produce your greatest gifts.

The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity

Ideation without execution is delusion

Every second you dwell on the past you steal from your future. Every minute you spend focusing on your problems you take away from finding your solutions.

The more time you spend in your discomfort zone, the more your comfort zone will expand.

Your thinking creates your reality.

Stop managing your time. Start managing your focus.

The true value of a big dream is who you must grow into to live that dream.

To refuse to accept the call of your best life is to insult the force that created you.

The average are addicted to leisure. The exceptional are obsessed with learning.

Worrying about things beyond your control is a pretty good formula for illness.

They may be smarter than you. They may have more money than you. They may come from a different city or a better family. But they can NEVER outwork you. And they can NEVER outprepare you. And they just can't outpractice you. And that's why you'll win.

The way you begin each day defines how you'll live each day.

Dreams don't "come true". Dreams get "made true". You have the power to get up, execute and make beautiful results happen, day by valuable day.

No matter what you are experiencing in life right now, trust that all is unfolding in your best interests.

Our wounds ultimately give us wisdom. Our stumbling blocks inevitably become our stepping stones. And our setbacks lead us to our strengths

You can’t stand in gratitude if you’re stuck in victimhood.

Clarity breeds mastery. And the goals you set drive the actions you'll take.

Success is all about consistency around the fundamentals.

Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.

The farmer has patience and trusts the process. He just has the faith and deep understanding that through his daily efforts, the harvest will come.And then one day, almost out of nowhere, it does.

Your "I CAN" is more important than your IQ.

To achieve the impossible, you need to first develop the mindset that it's probable. Please don't allow the current limits of your life define your future reality. You deserve so much better. And the world deserves your best.

Be slow to criticize. And fast to APPRECIATE

Just because you couldn't do it yesterday doesn't mean you can't do it today.

If you don't act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. You can't have all that you want if you remain the person you are. To get more from life, you need to be more in life.

The best way to create spectacular results in the most important areas of your life is through daily practice

The excuses we make destroy the results we deserve

Blaming others is excusing yourself.

From tonight onwards, take complete control of your life. Decide, once and for all, to be the master of your fate. Run your own race. Discover your calling and you will start to experience the ecstasy of an inspired life.

Too many among us are afraid to be ourselves. So we give up our dreams to follow the crowd.

While the average person is home watching TV, the Leader Without a Title is in the gym getting stronger or at the library getting smarter or at the office getting better (or with their family growing kinder). Make this day count.

Don't use the hardships of your past as excuses to deny the possibilities of your future.

If you're not thinking for yourself, then you're following-not leading.

Please remember that your greatest talent is so much more powerful than your biggest fear.

Never miss a moment to encourage someone you work with.

Words can INSPIRE and words can DESTROY. Choose YOURS well

Become one of the rare people who don't know how to quit.

Your life is a mirror. Life gives us not what we want. Life gives us who we are

Sometimes we need to lose our way.... to find our way

Critics only speak up when they see someone shining. Average work doesn't threaten them.

Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.

To have what few have, do what few do.

Life's greatest setbacks reveal life's biggest opportunities.

Sometimes you have to get off track to discover a better track

Say goodbye to the energy vampires in your life (the negative souls who steal your enthusiasm).

Remember, it is not the snake bite that kills, but the venom which circulates afterwards that is fatal. Do not let the snake bite of another person release any venom inside of you. You can control its entry and you are responsible for every thought in your mind.

Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.

All too often, we spend our days waiting for the ideal path to appear in front of us. We forget that paths are made by walking, not waiting.

Saying "I'll try" really means "I'm not really committed."

There is great power in focusing on what you want..... The person who tries to do everything accomplishes nothing. Most people try to be all things to everyone. And so they end up being nothing to anyone. Confucius nailed the point: "Person who chases two rabbits catches neither."

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title

When you treat people with massive respect and kindness, amazing to me how they return your respect and kindness 100X...even though you expected zero in return.

An addiction to distraction is the end of your creative production.

What you focus on grows, what you think about expands, and what you dwell upon determines your destiny.

Measure your success by your inner scorecard versus an outer one.

The ordinary focus on what they're getting. The extraordinary think about who they're becoming.

The key to a great life lies in shifting your focus from accumulation to contribution. The old saying "He who gathers the most toys wins" needs to be replaced with "He who serves the most prospers". Remember, happiness is the by-product of a life spent adding value to other people's lives.

Without patience, there can be no genius

Everything that scares you is an opportunity to know your best self better.

Ordinary people have big TVs. Extraordinary people have big libraries.

Our biggest enemy is our own self-doubt. We really can achieve extraordinary things in our lives. But we sabotage our greatness because of our fear

Risk is more than is required. Learn more than is normal. Be strong. Show courage. Breathe. Excel. Love. Lead. Speak your truth. Live your values. Laugh. Cry. Innovate. Simplify. Adore mastery. Release mediocrity. Aim for genius. Stay humble. Be kinder than expected. Deliver more than is needed. Exude passion. Shatter your limits. Transcend your fears. Inspire others by your bigness. Dream big but start small. Act now. Don't stop. Change the world.

The Universe favors the brave. When you resolve to lift your life to its highest level, the strength of your soul will guide you to a magical place with magnificent treasures.

Take care of your dreams. Or your fears will care for them for you.

Clarity precedes success.

Truly enlightened people never seek to be like others. Rather, they seek to be superior to their former selves.

Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.

Your daily behavior reveals your deepest beliefs.

The great danger of being around un-excellent people is that you start to become like them without even knowing it.

Success is nothing more than living your life according to your own truth and your own terms.

An extraordinary life is all about daily, continuous improvements in the areas that matter most.

What makes a champion is not how elegantly you start, but how strongly you finish...!!

The bigger the dream, the more important to the team.

Greatness comes by beginning something that doesn't end with you.

A fear is just a lie that you've rehearsed so many times you believe it's true.

If there is a lack in your life it is because there is a lack in your thoughts.

To be a great leader, first become a great person.

Success isn't something that occurs. Success is something that you create

Leave everyone you meet better than you found them. Become an encourager of potential versus a destroyer of confidence.

Each day, life will send you little windows of opportunity. Your destiny will ultimately be defined by how you respond to these windows of opportunity. Shrink from them and your life will be small, feel the fear and run to them anyway, and you life will be big. Life's just too short to play little.

Associate only with positive, focused people who you can learn from and who will not drain your valuable energy with uninspiring attitudes. By developing relationships with those committed to constant improvement and the pursuit of the best that life has to offer, you will have plenty of company on your path to the top of whatever mountain you seek to climb.

Until your mission is an obsession, nothing will change in your life.

Daily ripples of excellence -over time- become a tsunami of success

Education is the beginning of transformation. Dedicate yourself to daily learning via books/audios/seminars and coaching.

The most successful people on the planet have failed more than ordinary ones.

Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate though daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence. The rewards will be abundant.

People who have achieved great success are not necessarily more skillful or intelligent than others. What separates them is their burning desire and thirst for knowledge. The more one knows, the more one achieves.

Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul

Better to be an optimist who gets disappointed than a pessimist who has no hope.

Having talent is fantastic. Having confidence is even more important.

Before you can come to know your purpose, you must come to know yourself.

The way we do small things determines the way we do EVERYTHING

To double your income, triple your investment in self-development.

No one will believe in you until you believe in you.

We become happier not by accumulating more things but by creating richer experiences

Making no decision is a decision. To do nothing. And doing nothing always brings you to nowhere.

We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.

If you're not scared a lot you're not doing very much.

The secret of passion is purpose.

The fears we don’t face become our limits.

Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.

The gift of achievement is not the things you get, but the person you become.

Productivity is less about what you do with your time. And more about how you run your mind.

When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.

Your limits are liars, you fears are thieves.

Your life is meant to be an epic story. How you think, perform and live today is part of that script.

Less gossiping, more learning. Less complaining, more excelling. Less walls, more bridges. Less fear, more courage

The moment you conquer one fear is the minute you conquer many fears.

The most satisfied and enlightened people realize that successful and dynamic living starts from within. Before you can care for others, you must care for yourself.

The business of business is relationships; the business of life is human connection.

Gratitude drives happiness. Happiness boosts Productivity. Productivity reveals mastery. And mastery inspires the world.

Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.

Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.

Success is created through the performance of a few small daily disciplines that stack up over time to produce achievements far beyond anything you could have ever planned for.

Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone.

There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.

The results of your life reflect the standards you've set.

Consistency is the DNA of mastery

Sometimes too much thinking leads to the Death of Doing

An exceptional life isn't the result of lucky breaks but excellent choices.

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 minute drawn away from creating what will work. And every hour spent reflecting on the disappointments of the past is an hour stolen from seeing the possibilities that your future holds.

Every person that you meet knows at least one thing that you don't. Don't let them leave without learning it.

Negative feedback can make us bitter or better.