Become Not an Injustice Collector

To not die when you get knocked down is to play with the gods. And soar with the angels. Sometimes—in the hardest and darkest of times—what helps you survive and then thrive and then fly is putting one foot after another foot, after another foot. Small baby steps that eventually get us running again. The key is not to give up. Never ever never ever ever ever ever never ever! (Thanks Winston). Not to become an injustice collector. Not to give up on your heroic ideals and your...

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  Hi, it's Robin Sharma and welcome to Daily Mastery. This is my short form podcast where I'll walk you through the insights, methodologies, and tactics that I've shared with many of the world's most successful people as their mentor, including celebrity billionaires, NBA superstars, world-class artists, and global humanitarians. I hope you find great value in today's episode.

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  In this session, I'm going to do two things for you. The first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to talk about a simple productivity strategy that can really help you upgrade your performance and your impact. And number two, I'm going to read from the Everyday Hero Manifesto. It's about gratitude and in particular, ungratitude. So let me get right into the idea on productivity. A lot of times what we do is we're very focused on building an ecosystem that allows us to be more productive, or we focus on our fitness so we have more energy, or we remove the energy vampires so we are more inspired to do better work, or we manage our time better by having a clear daily schedule, which is a really important idea.

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  Another thing to think about that isn't so common, though, is removing the friction, or what I call drag, from your life. All of those undone, all of those incompletions, maybe it's you haven't got your will done, maybe it's a friendship that you haven't repaired, maybe it's some kind of a messy room in your house. Those things create psychic drag which drain your energy. And so each day, when you consistently do the things that you've been resisting and putting off, because no one likes, it's very easy to procrastinate on those drags and on that friction. But as you methodically start to say, "Oh, I need to get my will done.

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  Oh, my finance, I don't have a financial plan. Oh, there is that friendship I need to repair. Oh, there is that mechanical issue with my car or my motorbike." And you consistently start finishing those incompletions. It is remarkable how much energy you start to have, how much more focus you have, because at even a subconscious level, all of those incompletions are draining your cognitive energy. And when you start to complete them and finish the circle, you have more energy, more focus, and you become far more productive. Second thing I promised, I read a section from the Everyday Hero Manifesto, and that

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  is chapter 30 called "Expect Ungrateful." It's a powerful idea in the chapter. Let's get right into it. Please don't judge me as cynical, but I've mentally conditioned myself to expect ungrateful. Here's what I mean. Norman Vincent Peale's positive thinking classic called, well, "The Power of Positive Thinking," this ceaselessly optimistic minister encourages us to expect ingratitude. As I understand it, his point is that most people will never truly appreciate your goodness and gentleness. It's just not generally human nature at this stage of our species evolution.

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  So why lose peace of mind and valuable creative energy hoping to receive it? I'll put it another way. Avoid becoming an injustice collector. That way of seeing the world just beats you down and rips you up. Are you in any way an injustice collector? I love what Norman Vincent Peale taught to us. Expect ungratitude. Just go out there, remember, at this level of the human species evolution, most people will be your friends and they will appreciate you and they will be kind to you when you do things that make them happy. Most people, or many people, just think about themselves. And the moment you do something they don't like, they will be ungrateful and they will

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  forget all of the kindness, all of compassion, all of the generosity you have shown them. Expect ungrateful and still just do good things. Still be kind, still be excellent to people, still keep your promises, still be generous, still take the high road, even if someone doesn't appreciate it. Why? It's the right thing to do. It makes you stronger. And your self-love, your self-respect, and your personal honor will continue to grow. Finally, I believe in karma. Good things happen to people who do good things.

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  Hi, it's Robin Sharma. I hope you've received strong value from today's episode. I encourage you to read my latest book, The Everyday Hero Manifesto, which is helping people from right across the world live soaring lives. If you'd like to go into further learning, you can head over to robinsharma.com, or you can download my free ebook, The World Changers Manifesto. And when you do that, you'll also get full access to the Everyday Hero Training Formula, which is a complete system to help you upgrade your productivity, positivity, impact, and the quality of your life. Have an outstanding day.