Who Will Cry When You Die?: Life Lessons From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

by Robin Sharma

The golden thread of a highly successful and meaningful life is self-discipline. Discipline allows you to do all those things you know in your heart you should do but never feel like doing. Without self-discipline, you will not set clear goals, manage your time effectively, treat people well, persist through the tough times, care for your health or think positive thoughts.

the tougher you are on yourself, the easier life will be on you. The quality of your life ultimately is shaped by the quality of your choices and decisions, ones that range from the career you choose to pursue to the books you read, the time that you wake up every morning and the thoughts you think during the hours of your days. When you consistently flex your willpower by making those choices that you know are the right ones (rather than the easy ones), you take back control of your life.

“The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do,”

A journal is not a diary. A diary is a place where you record events while a journal is a place where you analyze and evaluate them.

Every time you fail to do the right thing, you fuel the habit of doing the wrong thing.

“if your priorities don’t get scheduled into your planner, other people’s priorities will get put into your planner.”

I go to the gym — that’s my temple.”

“Those who don’t make time for exercise must eventually make time for illness.”

realize that pain is a teacher and failure is the highway to success. You cannot learn how to play the guitar without hitting a few wrong notes