Leadership Wisdom From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: The 8 Rituals of Visionary Leaders by Robin Sharma Page A
Authors: Robin Sharma
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out an object I could not see due to the darkness and gently pressed it into my hand. Then he quickly disappeared into the night.
As I got into my car, I looked at Julian’s gift under the small light next to the rearview mirror. It was another wooden piece of the jigsaw puzzle. Like the one before it, there was a design on it. And just as before, there were words carved into the wood. They read,
Ritual 2: Manage by Mind, Lead by Heart.
Chapter 5 Knowledge Summary • Julian’s Wisdom in a Nutshell
The Ritual
The Essence
The Ritual of a Compelling Future Focus
The Wisdom
• Purpose is the most powerful motivator in the world
• The primary task of the leader is to get his people excited about a compelling cause that contributes to the lives of others
• Great leadership precedes great followership. Show employees you have their best interests in mind.
• Visionary leaders focus on liberating human talent and manifesting the potential of people
• Lead with integrity, character and courage
The Practices
• Ritualize wisdom so that your positive intentions translate into tangible results
• Communicate your compelling cause so it engages hearts
• Align your video with your audio
Quotable Quote
The ultimate task of the visionary leader is to dignify and honor the lives of the people he leads by allowing them to manifest their highest potential through the work they do.
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
The Ritual of Human Relations
It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring.
Alfred Adler
As I drove home, my mind buzzed with the ideas Julian had shared with me. They made so much sense that I wished I had discovered them on my own, many years earlier. It would have saved me so much aggravation and stress. If I had been applying this leadership wisdom, who knows where GlobalView might be? My mind then drifted off to what I wanted the company to look like in ten years. I imagined what it would be like if we were the biggest and best company in our field on the entire planet. I envisioned how many of our people I could help develop and how many people’s lives we all could touch. A smile came to my face.
It felt good to be dreaming again. Jonas Salk once said, “I’ve had dreams and I’ve had nightmares. I’ve overcome mynightmares because of my dreams.” All the successful business-people I had ever known had been dreamers. They had discovered their emotionally compelling cause through deep contemplation and had the courage to let it consume them. When we were hungry young entrepreneurs trying to build GlobalView, I would sit quietly for hours, doing nothing but thinking big thoughts about what our future might bring. But as the business grew, so did the headaches and my quiet moments became few and far between. This meeting with Julian, a man who had clearly experienced his own transformation, would change me forever. I knew I had the makings of a visionary leader. I just needed to learn what to do, and the remarkable leadership system Julian was sharing with me was showing me. I felt great hope for the future and the cloud of uncertainty began to lift. I felt inspired, renewed and recharged.
That night, I ripped a sheet of paper off the legal pad that sat on the desk in my den. Though it was well past 2:00 a.m., I began to write down all I had learned. I had been exposed to the First Ritual of Visionary Leaders: Link Paycheck to Purpose and the many timeless leadership truths that surrounded that great lesson. Julian had also given me a glimpse of the second of the eight rituals, a ritual that appeared to require me to Manage by Mind, Lead by Heart. And I knew there was still so much to come.
After committing what I had learned to paper, I began to list ways I could implement this knowledge. After all, Julian did warn me of
As I got into my car, I looked at Julian’s gift under the small light next to the rearview mirror. It was another wooden piece of the jigsaw puzzle. Like the one before it, there was a design on it. And just as before, there were words carved into the wood. They read,
Ritual 2: Manage by Mind, Lead by Heart.
Chapter 5 Knowledge Summary • Julian’s Wisdom in a Nutshell
The Ritual
The Essence
The Ritual of a Compelling Future Focus
The Wisdom
• Purpose is the most powerful motivator in the world
• The primary task of the leader is to get his people excited about a compelling cause that contributes to the lives of others
• Great leadership precedes great followership. Show employees you have their best interests in mind.
• Visionary leaders focus on liberating human talent and manifesting the potential of people
• Lead with integrity, character and courage
The Practices
• Ritualize wisdom so that your positive intentions translate into tangible results
• Communicate your compelling cause so it engages hearts
• Align your video with your audio
Quotable Quote
The ultimate task of the visionary leader is to dignify and honor the lives of the people he leads by allowing them to manifest their highest potential through the work they do.
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
The Ritual of Human Relations
It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring.
Alfred Adler
As I drove home, my mind buzzed with the ideas Julian had shared with me. They made so much sense that I wished I had discovered them on my own, many years earlier. It would have saved me so much aggravation and stress. If I had been applying this leadership wisdom, who knows where GlobalView might be? My mind then drifted off to what I wanted the company to look like in ten years. I imagined what it would be like if we were the biggest and best company in our field on the entire planet. I envisioned how many of our people I could help develop and how many people’s lives we all could touch. A smile came to my face.
It felt good to be dreaming again. Jonas Salk once said, “I’ve had dreams and I’ve had nightmares. I’ve overcome mynightmares because of my dreams.” All the successful business-people I had ever known had been dreamers. They had discovered their emotionally compelling cause through deep contemplation and had the courage to let it consume them. When we were hungry young entrepreneurs trying to build GlobalView, I would sit quietly for hours, doing nothing but thinking big thoughts about what our future might bring. But as the business grew, so did the headaches and my quiet moments became few and far between. This meeting with Julian, a man who had clearly experienced his own transformation, would change me forever. I knew I had the makings of a visionary leader. I just needed to learn what to do, and the remarkable leadership system Julian was sharing with me was showing me. I felt great hope for the future and the cloud of uncertainty began to lift. I felt inspired, renewed and recharged.
That night, I ripped a sheet of paper off the legal pad that sat on the desk in my den. Though it was well past 2:00 a.m., I began to write down all I had learned. I had been exposed to the First Ritual of Visionary Leaders: Link Paycheck to Purpose and the many timeless leadership truths that surrounded that great lesson. Julian had also given me a glimpse of the second of the eight rituals, a ritual that appeared to require me to Manage by Mind, Lead by Heart. And I knew there was still so much to come.
After committing what I had learned to paper, I began to list ways I could implement this knowledge. After all, Julian did warn me of
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