The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

7 Life Lessons From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari 

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma

tells the extraordinary story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life, and the subsequent wisdom that he gains on a life-changing odyssey that enables him to create a life of passion, purpose and peace.

It was a tale of success from beginning to end. The story opens with the success of a lawyer and ends with the prosperity of a man.
The personality development journey of both characters from the book, Julian Mantle and his best friend John, is one that Robin Sharma wrote, in poetic prose, as a guidebook to life.
Julian Mantle, the seven-figure-making lawyer had everything. But it didn’t make him happy.
So, in search of wisdom and happiness, he sold his mansion and his expensive Ferrari and headed to the Himalayan mountains where he studied the wisdom of the sages.

7 Life Lessons 

Here are 7 life lessons from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.

1. Cultivate Your Mind

    

       

           Some people believe that making mistakes is like making irreparable dents. It’s hard to let go of negative thoughts, especially criticism.

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.

The biggest lesson from the book is how the quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts. Julian Mantle transformed himself from a depressed, obese lawyer into a youthful, optimistic man — all by conquering his mind.

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.

2. 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.

These steps might seem simple and obvious, but what makes goals, success and destiny appear so elusive is because the pursuer has yet to arrive at self-knowledge.

Self-knowledge is the DNA of self-enlightenment.

And like the towering lighthouse guiding lost ships to the harbor, you’ll come to see that dedicating your life purposefully is the secret to success and happiness.

3. 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 integrity and be guided by your heart. 

4. 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 rest 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.

5. 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.

6. Practice Daily Acts Of Kindness

 

Cultivating your mind to improve the quality of your life should run in parallel to your next action step of cultivating a new perspective. Specifically, one that revolves around the concept of giving. 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.

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.

Because in life, your time and energy are the two valuable resources you could offer to anyone.

Remove the idea of the self and focus on the quality of your contribution.

7. Never Sacrifice Happiness For Achievement

 

Ask yourself, what’s the point of climbing the steps of success if you have missed the first steps of your own kids?

Many high-achievers can turn short-sighted when asked to choose a path in the dilemma.

Sacrifice time spent with loved ones now and give them everything money can buy? Or sacrifice the promise of comfort, in favor of spending time with them now.

So ask yourself again, if you would rather take each step along the way with awe and love or run through your days hoping to expedite your win towards an elusive pot of gold.

At the end of the day, your happiness is a choice you have to make and is a journey you have to take.

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Is one of the best book that everybody should Read.

Thankyou For Reading Good Bless You.

Written By Ishank Sachdeva.

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The One Minute Manager

The One Minute Manager

by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson is a remarkable book about management. It is about a young man who is in search of an effective manager and is willing to work for one.

In his search, he meets some ‘autocratic’ managers who are only concerned about the results. Their organizations gained while their people lost. He also meets ‘democratic’ managers who are concerned only about the people. Their people gained while their organizations lost. He was looking for an effective manager who was interested in the people as well as the results so that both the people and the organization gained in his management.

Then the young man comes across a manager who calls himself “the one minute manager” as it took very little time for him to get big results from people. The one minute manager shares the secrets of his success with the young man, which are as follows:

3 Secrets from The One Minute Manager

1. First Secret: One Minute Goal

 

One minute goal setting is about being aware of what is expected from the beginning. When deciding upon the desired goal and the performance standards, you record it on a single sheet of paper. It’s named that way because each goal should only take a minute to read.

Why One Minute Goals work

        One minute goal setting is an important tool for management because it provides immediate feedback to the worker. This feedback turns into motivation.
If you are playing football and you are not aware of how many points you scored, you would lose interest in the game after a certain point. On the other hand, if you know you need 5 points to win and you have scored 3 points, you will try your best to get the other 2 points.

Unless you are sure of what is it that you need to do, you keep beating around the bush without producing the accurate results.
Say, for example, if I ask you to clean the room. You would not know whether to sweep the room, place everything in order, arrange the books in the shelf or do all the three. On the other hand, if I ask you to sweep the room and arrange the books, you know exactly what you need to do. As a result, both you and me are satisfied with the job.
One minute goals work in a similar manner. Both the employee as well as the employer knows what is expected from the beginning of a task. Writing is important so that you can periodically review your performance against your target and check your progress.
Thus, one minute goals help you to perform better and produce efficient results.

2. Second Secret: One Minute Praising

 

After the one minute goal setting, the second step in one minute management is to catch people doing something right. This is when the one minute praising are given. One minute praising are so called because it hardly takes a minute for you to tell someone that he or she did a good job.

There is no need to elaborate when you can simply say that he or she he did something good and you noticed it. One minute praising include praising the people immediately, telling them what they did right, sharing how you feel about it, and encouraging them to do more of the same.

 Why One Minute Praisings work

Let’s consider a very simple example.
A child does not learn to walk straight away. When you teach a child to walk, you don’t expect him to start walking as soon as he stands up. He first toddles, and then he tries to stand up and falls in the first few attempts. Then, he wobbles a few steps and you cuddle him and hug him. You started making him feel that he has done something worth praising. He then tries to do more of the same and finally learns to walk.

In the same way, one minute praising is a way of encouraging your staff.

One minute praising show that you are genuinely interested in your people and care for them and their success. One minute praising aim at catching people ‘doing something right’ rather than catching them ‘doing something wrong’.
Although the two might seem to be the same thing, there is a lot of difference. If you emphasize on catching people doing something wrong, their main aim is simply to do no wrong, not necessarily go above and beyond and produce great results. This produces mediocrity because everyone will tend to walk the middle line.
For exceptional results, you need your people to put in their best.

Third Secret: One Minute Reprimands

 

One minute reprimands are given as soon as an employee does something wrong. One minute reprimand has two parts:
The first half includes telling the people that what they did wrong, how you feel about it, and then let it sink in with a few seconds of uncomfortable silence. Then, in the second half you tell the people how much you think they are capable of and how much you value them.

One minute reprimands are highly effective because the feedback is immediate. They are unlike the annual reviews where you are charged for things committed several weeks or months ago. If you were being scolded for a mistake you made 7 to 8 months back, it would hardly make any impact on you. In comparison, if you are being scolded for a mistake you made yesterday, it will surely affect you.
If a mistake is pointed out as soon as it is made, it can easily be corrected. Since one mistake is pointed at one time, the people hear it seriously and your message is easily conveyed to them.
Now that you know all the three secrets of one minute management, implement them in your work style and be a one minute manager for yourself!

   Written By Ishank Sachdeva

 

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