Take the time to study your personal habits and promise to make the necessary changes. The quality of your life will be determined in large measure by the nature of your habits. We should focus on the quality of our sleep, not the quantity. It doesn’t matter whether we are having six, eight, or nine hours of sleep. If the quality of sleep is low, then the quantity of sleep is a waste of time. How true. So many of us spend the first half of our lives striving for achievement and struggling to gain respect. Once we have this legitimacy, whether it comes in the form of prestige or material possessions, we soon realize that something is missing. It is one of the best ways to elevate the quality of your life. Every minute you devote to thinking about someone who has wronged you is a minute you have stolen from a much worthier pursuit: attracting those people who will help you.

The impact we can have on the world is only as good as how much we influence the lives of others for the better. Sharma suggest that we consider the question from the title of the book (who will cry when we die?) and use the answer to guide our decisions. He is an advocate of a complex work-life balance by allocating time not just for our professional development, but also to our health, social life and personal pursuits. In all his books he advocated for scheduling your time, journaling, making to do lists, as well as waking up early and 'seizing the day by seizing the morning'. Together with minimalism, deciding priorities in an overly distracting world and gratitude he basically lists everything that a modern 21st century human being living in a first world country ought to do with their time and mental space. All of these ideas he propagates in all of his books with very few novelty in between. Robin Sharma recommends eating healthily and engaging in exercise. These two activities will have two impacts:

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The book is divided into 101 full chapters. Each chapter offers solutions and suggestions to face some of the difficult problems of life and develop one’s personality and personal skills. Shortform note: Sharma dives into greater detail on the importance of mornings in The 5 AM Club, describing a morning routine that differs from the written alignment exercise he recommends here . In The 5 AM Club, Sharma recommends breaking the first hour of your day into three equal parts: exercise, reflection, and growth. The reflection and growth portions are similar to what Sharma advocates for here: time to reflect on your purpose and ensure you’re pursuing it. However, he also feels that exercise produces worthy health and cognitive benefits and that you should therefore allocate 20 minutes to it.) Strategy #2: Set More Goals to Keep Pursuing Your Purpose How high you will rise in your life will be determined not by how hard you work but by how well you think.”

Understanding that you’re in control of your life is only helpful if you know what you want your life to look like, writes Sharma. To understand how to craft a life you’re proud of, figure out what your life’s purpose is. Your purpose is the special ability you were born with that you can use to make the world a better place. If you’re not sure of your purpose, Sharma suggests you ask yourself what strengths you have and how you can put them to good use—that’s your purpose. It is the quality, preferably than the quantity of sleep, that matters most. Robin shares some effective tips to help sleep more deeply. They are:- Daily laughter has been shown to elevate our moods, promote creativity, and give us more energy. As William James, the father of modern psychology, observed, “We don’t laugh because we are happy. We are happy because we laugh.” Every single one of us has an almost limitless wellspring of creativity deep within us. And we all need to use this creativity on a daily basis to get the most from life, whether we are lawyers, homemakers, teachers, business executives, poets or musicians. If you don’t act on life, then life has a habit of acting on you. Without a calling, days can slip into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years. After this time has passed, you could be left with a life that was only half-lived. Alternatively, you can actively seek your calling. We are all here for a purpose, and this purpose is unique to us. This calling will manifest as our higher human potential and will add value to the lives around us. So, Robin recommends creating a mantra that you live by in all parts of your life. You will then be able to seek a higher meaning from your everyday activities and your work. StoryShot #2: Create Good HabitsMeditation is not some New Age practice reserved for monks sitting atop mountains. On the contrary, meditation is an age-old technique that was developed by some of the world’s wisest people to gain full control of the mind and, in doing so, to manifest its enormous potential for worthy pursuits. When you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way that when you die, the world cries while you rejoice." (Ancient Sanskrit saying) These books help me out from time to time and yes, I have seen the effects of following some tips which have become a habit by now.

By concentrating on the value your work adds and the contribution you make, you will see quantum improvements in your satisfaction and motivation levels. Few things energize the human spirit more than the desire to make a difference in the lives of others. We should do what we love to do. Scheduling, passion, and self-discipline are ideas that consistently arise throughout the book. Scheduling is an important art that everyone needs to master to become highly effective and successful. We should make a to-do list every day. In this list, separate the essential and unimportant activities. The real secret to getting things done is to know what things need to be left undone. StoryShot #4: Be the Best You Exercise even makes you live longer. Research on 18,000 Harvard graduates confirms this. On average, a grad added three hours to their life for each hour of exercise they completed. Just find what you like to do and get moving and you’ll be well on your way to a better and longer life! Lesson 3: People will like you better if you focus more on what you can contribute than on what’s wrong in the world.

Who Will Cry When You Die? Summary Part 1: The Goal | Stop Wasting Your Life by Seizing Control of It Human beings have a natural tendency to observe, feel, and look deep inside what is going on around them. If you take a small child into a garden and point towards the moon, the child will look to the moon. Take your dog into the garden and point towards the moon; the dog will look at your finger. Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is performing it. David Star Jordan