Leadership's new Ferrari!

Ruchika Mehta / TNN / Oct 6, 2005, 00:25 IST

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Motivational guru Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari has broken speed limits across the world.

Motivational guru Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari has broken speed limits across the world.
It's very rare for a business personality to achieve stardom - much less if the reason for celebrity hood is ��ideas on leadership'. Robin Sharma is one such man, who gave the West its leadership wisdom fundas and showed the corporate world to look outwards to relieve stress.
And he's the man whose principles have been embraced by political leaders such as former Israeli Prime Minister and Nobel Prize winner Shimon Peres, and pop stars Ricky Martin and Jon Bon Jovi.
So what is it about Robin Sharma that makes the corporate world tick? And what is the secret behind the success of his book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, an international bestseller that has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the past five years alone?

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According to Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, chairperson, Biocon, "Everyone in the corporate rat race can empathise with Robin Sharma's monk.
For me, it reinforces the importance of following a code of ��making a difference' as opposed to ��making millions'. I have always believed in ��owning a problem and not owning a task' and Sharma has very effectively dealt with introspecting corporate conundrums."
His ability to get to the core of strategic decisions is reflected in the fact that many Fortune 500 companies have already embraced leadership wisdom from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and the leadership seminars (a series of which are underway in various Indian cities) he holds around the world that ...

...have lead to corporate transformation in companies like Microsoft, IBM, FedEx, Panasonic, Kraft, General Motors and Panasonic.
But it all started from the book. "I personally believe that the book is one of the most powerful books one will ever read on the topic of showing authentic leadership in one's career, life and organisation.
This deeply inspiring work reveals an amazing system that will resort trust, commitment and spirit within one's organisation while completely transforming the way a person thinks, feels and lives," says Deepak Chhabria, MD, Finolex Pipes.
It's this intuitive feel for business solutions that has made this author of seven number one international bestsellers to share the stage with celebrities like Jack Welch, Dr Phil, Bill Clinton, Deepak Chopra, Christopher Reeve, Dr John Gray, Richard Carlson, Mark Victor Hansen and James Redfield.
Robin's wisdom seems to be seeping through Indian corporates too. Says Subhinder Singh, MD, Reebok India, I have read every book of Robin Sharma's, and in our organisation, we have incorporated all his principles.
I am a great follower of his thoughts, as I think Robin helps us reduce the noise levels in our brain, and gives us a different perspective to life. His words, ��The life we live is the choices we make', is absolutely true."

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