Pod Insights The Daily Mastery Podcast by Robin Sharma Stop Postponing Your Greatness + Finest Life [Today] About this episode Keep the shortness [and unpredictability] of human life close to your daily perception. Don’t postpone the mastery you can show, the goodness you can stand for and the love that you can deliver. My latest book “The Wealth Money Can’t Buy” is full of fresh ideas and original tools that I’m absolutely certain will cause quantum leaps in your positivity, productivity, wellness, and happiness. You can order it now by clicking here. FOLLOW ROBIN SHARMA:InstagramFacebookTwitterYouTube
Transcript 0:04 Speaker 00 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.
0:34 Speaker 00 When I was growing up, my dad took out this poem and he translated it from Sanskrit into English. And it was a poem from the Bengali poet Rabindranad Tagore. And allow me to share it with you. It simply said, "Spring is past, summer has gone, and winter is here. And the song I meant to sing remains unsung, for I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument."
1:03 Speaker 00 And my brother and I used to look at it every morning before we'd go off to school, but I never really understood it. And so when I got a little older, I said, "Dad, you know that poem you had on our refrigerator door? What was it all about?" And my dad looked at me, he said, "Robin, that was a poem written by a man whose heart was filled with regret over a life half-lived." He said, "Robin, that was a poem written by a man who postponed his life. He always wanted to do something special. He always wanted to do important work. He always wanted to be loving in the world. He always wanted to be creative. He always wanted to see the world, but he got busy being busy." Are you being busy being busy? Have you lost that connection to the life you wanted to
1:47 Speaker 00 live when you were a little kid? Are you so busy stringing your instrument that the song that your life was meant to sing has died or is dormant within you?
1:59 Speaker 00 My challenge to you is simply this: to do whatever it takes before you sleep tonight to reconnect with the best within you that you may have lost. Because one of the things I've noticed is this: there are too many amongst us walking the planet today who are sort of in a waking sleep. They have lost a sense of who they truly are. And your life will never work if there's a huge space between who you truly are and the person you know you're meant to be. Your life will never be flooded with energy, creativity, productivity, and happiness if there is a large space between your life right now and your unlived life. And my request and encouragement and challenge to you is truly that you make things happen so that the person you are starting tomorrow is more of who you know you truly are.
2:50 Speaker 00 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 where 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.
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