The Leader Who Had No Title

by Robin Sharma

“Unfortunately, most of us don’t figure out what work—and life—are all about until we’re too old to do anything about it,” Jet continued. “Most people don’t discover how to live until just before they die. During their best years, too many are in a walking coma. They are not really conscious to what’s truly important in life: showing leadership, actualizing your potential, and doing your part to change the world through the work you are doing and the person you’re becoming. Then, confronted with the wakeup call of their imminent end, these sleepwalkers start to dig beyond the superficial and go deep. They begin to realize that at birth they’d received stunning talents and precious gifts, along with the corresponding responsibility to polish that genius so they could express itself over the course of their lives. And elevate the lives of everyone around them in the process. But by the time they figure all this out, it’s too late to do anything about it. So they die unfulfilled.” I hung on to every one of Jet’s words. He seemed to be a man of great wisdom.

Walking coma of sleep walkers