Book Review- The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

8/4/2019 Book Review- 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 S. Sharma


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Author

Robin S.Sharma, is an writer and speaker on leadership, peak

performance and life management.

Robin S.Sharma holds two law degrees including a masters of

law.(LL.B ,L.L.M, Phd.)

Robin is the founder of Sharma Leadership International Inc.,

a global consultancy that helps people in organizations. Clients

include Microsoft, GE, NIKE, FedEx and IBM.


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Other Books written by the

Author The Leader Who Had No Title

The Greatness Guide

The Greatness Guide Book 2: 101 Lessons For Success and

Happiness Leadership Wisdom

The Saint The Surfer And The CEO

Daily Inspiration

Who Will Cry When You Die?

Family Wisdom

The Lead Without A Title Manifesto

Mega Living: 30 Days To A Perfect Life


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Type of Book and Audience

A Fable

Book specifically meant for students and for

people who want to quench their thirst for

achievement.


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The Wake up call

Julian Mantle (53 years of age) - Countrys most distinguished

Trial Lawyers.

John- Junior associate

Mantles Credibility:

Income in seven Figures

Spectacular Mansion in a neighborhood favored by celebrities

Private Jet

A summer home on a Tropical Island

A shiny red Ferrari

Mantles Collapse at the middle of the Court Room. Exorbitant work pressure blended with a great tragedy that

happened before John could join him.

Expensive French Restaurant recipes with a mix of pricey

hard liquors.


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The Mysterious Visitor

Meeting of all the Firm members to communicate the healthcondition of Julian and also his decision to quit practice.

John worries of losing his mentor.

Julians new destinyINDIA

3 years sprinted. Johns transformation into a wise lawyer and a renounced

person in the society.

Astonished John by seeing the mysterious visitor.

Tall, lean, muscular, blue eyed and a smiling man at the age ofmid thirties.

The Incredible Transformation.


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The Miraculous Transformation of

Julian Mantle

Travelling from tiny village to village in INDIA and learningnew customs and timeless sights.

Indians gestures.

Julian sought out to many monks and sages who lived even

beyond their hundreds and exhibited a youthful and energeticlife.

Meeting of Yogi Krishnan at the foot of the Himalayas.

Krishnans advice to Julian to go in search of The Great

Sages ofSivana Julian sets out on his mission all alone, with his initial days

being a bed of roses and days turning into a bunch of thorns as

his journey progresses.


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After several days of hardened pursuit, Julian spots a figure

dressed in a long flowing red robe topped by a dark blue hood.

Julian lends his voice to seek the help of the mysterious person

to find his way to the SIVANA.

Julian, amazed upon seeing the man.

The confession of the SAGE and his request to Julian.

Julians promise and their travel together to the greatSIVANA- The land of SAGES.


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Magical Meeting with the Sages of

SIVANA

Julian was welcomed with a warm smile by the sages.

Julian was informed that the sage who had travelled with him

was the eldest of the Sages and his name was Yogi Raman.

Huts made of flowers.

Not a pinch of frantic busyness prevailed.

Matured adults who radiated child like qualities.

Twinkling eyes and wrinkle free face.

Food habits- fresh fruits and exotic vegetables.

Sages of Sivana: Life of- Simplicity & Harmony.


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A Spiritual Student of the Sages

Yogi Raman would sit with Julian and taught him the lessonsof

Greater Vitality

Creativity

Fulfillment

Julians first indication of personal expansion came only after

3 weeks at SIVANA.

Smallest of things seemed exorbitant.

Physical Vitality and Spiritual Strength followed Julains

attitude.

Julian leaves Johns residence, promising that he would get

back at the same time next day to enhance his true learning's.


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The Wisdom of Personal Change

The next day Julian showed up with a long red topped with a

blue hood and a wooden prayer beads. The SIVANA system works on Seven Virtues and Yogi

Raman had promised to open up these to Julian at the eve ofhis third month with a beautiful fable.

The story unfolds: A beautiful Garden

A towering light house

Nine foot tall, Nine Hundred pound naked Sumo wrestler with a pinkwire cable covering his private parts

Shiny gold stop watch

Fresh yellow roses

A path filled with diamonds.

Neveroverlook the power ofsimplicity


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1.A Most Extraordinary Garden

Garden is a symbol of mind.

Worries and anxieties being dumped in the fertile garden.

Mind Management is the essence of life management.

Your ICAN is more important than your I.Q.

Stop judging events as positive and negative and experience

them. Live out of the glory of your imagination and not your

memory.

The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master.

The boundaries of your life are merely creations of the self. With one eye fixed on the destination, there is only one left to

guide you along the journey.


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The Techniques:

Heart of Rose

Opposition thinking Thoughts are living things.

The Secret of Lake

Mind work through pictures.

When you like to do something, you wont become tired of it,

but when you dislike it, even the initial days would be filled

with tiredness and they seem to be a cumbersome process.

True nobility lies in being superior to your own self


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2.Kindling Your Inner Fire

The Light House- Remaining focused on the task in hand.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose- Clearly defined goals

and priorities will serve a role similar to that of the light house.

Dharma-Sanskrit word for lifes purpose.

Goal Setting- Write down goals and dont just dream about it.

By writing down the goals, we send a red flag to our

subconscious mind that, these goals and thoughts are more

important than the other 59,999 ones. (60,000 on a average)


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5 step method to reach the objective of Life:

Form a clear mental image of the outcome.

Get some positive pressure on your self.

Never set a goal without attaching a time line.

The Magic Rule of 21 ( 21 days of continuous practice)

(Do it at the same place and time. Eg. Sports Person)

Enjoy the process.

Have a burning passion for everything that you do in life


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3.The Ancient Art of Self Leadership

The Sumo wrestler- Kaizen; Constant and never ending

improvement.

Self-mastery is the DNA of life mastery.

The only limits in life are the ones that we set.(Push-upsperformed John)

Change oneself before changing the life. (Story of setting rite

the torn world map)

Step out of your comfort zone, and changes are alwaysuncomfortable at first.

Do things you fear the most.


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Ten Rituals of Radiant Learning:

Ritual of Solitude

Ritual of Physicality

Ritual of Live Nourishment

Ritual of Abundant Knowledge

Ritual of Personal Reflection

Ritual of Early Awakening

Ritual of Music

Ritual of Spoken Word

Ritual of Congruent Character- You sow a thought, you reap an

action. Reap an action, you sow a habit. Sow a habit, you reap a

character. Sow a character, you reap your destiny.

Ritual of Simplicity


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4.The Power of Discipline

The Pink Wire CableWonders of willpower

Each wire if flimsy and weak, but together cable becomestougher than iron.

Routinely performed little acts pile one on top of another to

eventually produce abundance of inner strength.

Will power and discipline.

Words engraved on a Shiny silver locket:

Through the steel of discipline, you will forge a character rich with

courage and peace. Through the virtue of will, you are destined to riseto lifes highest ideal and live within a heavenly mansion filled with all

that is good, joyful and vital. Without them, you are lost like a mariner

without a compass, one who eventually sinks with his ship


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Mantra for 5000 years and more-

I am more than I appear to be, all of the worlds strength and

power rests inside me Techniques:

Start doing things you dont like doing. Vow of Silence.


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5.Your Most Precious Commodity

Hourglass made of blown glass and sandalwood(Gift of

SIVANA to Julian Mantle) Planning a day or a week ahead by writing down the events to

be done.

Ancient Rule of Twenty- Out of the hundred activities you

perform in a day, only 20% will yield real, lasting results. Enlightened people are priority driven.

Separate the meat from the fat in order to be the master of your

time.

Have the courage to say NO.

The best time to plant a tree was forty years ago. The second

best time is today.The Deathbed Penalty


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6.The Ultimate Purpose of Life

A little bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that givesyou rosesie. When you work to improve the life of others,you indirectly elevate your own life in the process. (Practicingdaily acts of kindness)

Life moves to a more magical dimension when you start

striving to make the world a better place. (Give to those whoask)

The story of a old women who was ill-treated by her son and

his wife, who was taught a lesson later by their little daughter.

The couple simply needed the spark of awareness to light theircandle of compassion. (Cultivate richer relationships)


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7.The Timeless Secret of Lifelong Happiness

Path of Diamonds- Final Virtue for enlightened living.

The past is water under the bridge and the future is a distantsun on the horizon (Living in the NOW)

Happiness is a journey and not a destination. Never put off

happiness for the sake of achievement.

The Greatest tragedy of Julian- Death of his daughter due toa accident caused by a drunken driver

Story of the Old women with a ball and thread dangled in.

We all are here for a reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past.

Become the architect of your future.


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EXPECTATIONS????


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