Here are 50 rules to help you achieve more. These laws are written by Robin Sharma, author of several bestsellers (most famously, in Latvian, “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”). He has inspired millions of people around the world with his books and speeches, and I hope you will find something for yourself.
#1. To lead is to serve.
#2. The foundation of mastery is independence.
#3. The lure of security is always more dangerous than the illusion of insecurity.
#4. Take care of your relationships and the money will take care of itself.
#5. Triple your investment in professional training and personal development to double your income.
#6. If you don’t have a group of leaders behind you, you don’t lead, you follow.
#7. The surest way to make your business grow is to invest in your people.
#8. Being addicted to distraction is the end of the creative process.
#9. Your practice determines the quality of your performance.
#10. “Leaders without titles “* think less about their ego and more about getting things done.
#11. Don’t worry about the economy – you can be so brilliant at what you do that you can create your own personal economy.
#12. Lead where you are. Start where you stand. And remember, this victory is just the beginning.
#13. The value of your mastery can be seen in the storms, not in the windlessness.
#14. To lead is to be yourself in a world full of clones.
#15. Aim to become an icon. Why live if you don’t want to be in the history books? But on your way to them, don’t forget to be kind, ethical and courteous.
#16. The lowest is the best.
#17. Energy is more valuable than intelligence. Health is brighter than gold.
#18. Behind your greatest fear lies your greatest growth.
#19. All change is difficult at the beginning, chaotic halfway through and wonderful at the end.
#20. Criticism is the price the brave pay to become an icon.
#21. If you don’t lift others up, you let them down.
#22. Leadership has little to do with authority, and more to do with mindset.
#23. Where the victims see a problem, the leader sees an opportunity.
#24. Don’t wait until you are successful to start working on optimism. Start working on your optimism and you will be much more successful!
#25. Be alone often. All creative people appreciate solitude. It allows you to keep your dreams from splintering, refuel your creativity tank and do much more when nothing (and no one) is around to distract you.
#26. Small everyday victories, achieved regularly, lead to stunning results.
#27. Genius is not just a natural talent. Much more important are the ability to focus on the goal (to the point of obsession), practice and strong character.
#28. Destroy or be destroyed.
#29. Be the most honest person in any room.
#30. Remember that people don’t leave companies. They leave the people they worked for.
#31. By saying “I will try”, you prove that you are not committed at all.
#32. The secret of fervour is purpose. If you know why you are doing it, the ‘how’ will come.
#33. If you’re the smartest person you know, you know it’s time to meet new people.
#34. Being more educated than the people around you completely changes the rules of the game. The more you know, the more you can achieve.
#35. To raise more money, help more people.
#36. Leaders talk more about ideas than people, dreams than others.
#37. Eat less, do more.
#38. How you start your day shows how you live. Put your mind before your bed. Win the battle with the bed. Join the ‘I get up at 5am’ club.
#39. Develop an obsession for detail. Take care of the little things that others don’t care about.
#40. Even if you clean toilets, do it with pride and love.
#41. Businesses run by leaders without titles* make people feel better, not worse, smarter, not dumber, and point to talents they had no idea they had.
#42. Overcome your fears. Life is too short to play for small stakes.
#43. The secret of genius is to do less. Developing the ability to focus on one talent/occupation is the key to mastery.
#44. The moment you start considering yourself an expert, you have lost your skills. It’s always best to think like a beginner. They know that nothing can drive you like success.
#45. Be polite, kind and loving. In the end, you’ll wish there had been.
#46. Never lose your spark! And never cease to wonder about things that others take for granted. Leadership, business and life are wonderful!
#47. Remember that what gets planned is what gets done.
#48. Say ‘thank you’ and ‘please’.
#49. Practice gratitude every day. To lead is to see everyday blessings. The value of gratitude reminds me of this Persian proverb “I cursed the fact that I had no shoes… Until I saw a man who had no feet.”
#50. Do your bit. Be the leader you want to see around you. As Mother Teresa said, “If each one of us cleansed his own threshold, the whole world would be clean.”
*Robin Sharma’s book “Leader without a title”