"...we are spiritual beings, having a human experience." (The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, Sharma) (4/5)

Robin Sharma presents an story wrapped in simplicity, mystic and wisdom on how to lead an enlightened life, or more simply put how to focus on what will bring true happiness in your life, leading to a happier and healthy you.

Wrapped in a fable of a lawyer that has everything he could want in regards to worldly possessions, he has a heart attack which leads him on a trip to India and the Himalayas where he discovers a step-by-step approach to improving the quality of your life. 


While a simple story/fable, it contains many thoughts, practices and ideas that, will be simple common sense to many, that are based on universal truths.   It makes me think about how many of the plain and precious "truths" have been lost, but still exist in different cultures, teachers, and persona, in fragments or in this case almost the entire life truths in one book under a different cover.

I borrowed a copy read, but now will make it a priority to get my own copy so that I may highlight and underline those parts that touched the soul, and I would like to implement within my life.


Stars: 4 out of 5
Format: Paperback(borrowed).

"...we have forgotten what life is all about." (Who Will Cry When You Die?, Sharma) (5)

"Who Will Cry When You Die?" is a simple fantastic book.  So many times self-help books are just a restatement of the obvious or the previously heard, and this is just that.  But it is done in a way that makes you want to be improve your life, it makes you want to better while giving you these 101 short tips to do so.


Knowledge has a half-life, what we receive will be forgotten and this book reminds us of those things we may have forgotten while it reinforces that which we know to be true that we have heard before.  I plan on reading this yearly now, each December as I prepare to set resolutions and remember what I have forgotten.

Topics include:

• Get Up Early
• Keep a Journal
• Practice Tough Love
• Plant a Tree
• Take More Pictures
• Don't Finish Every Book You Start
  

This book will be at the top of my list of gifts for this year, it just makes you want to share.  It also makes me want to read Robin Sharma's other books and I shall start with the "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari".


Stars: 5 out of 5
Format: Small Paperback