This is a short motivational YouTube talk by Robin Sharma presenting four core habits to reach top-5%-level success: (1) cut excuses and dramatically increase action, (2) leave the herd and accept criticism to achieve rare results, (3) develop grit—persistent refusal to quit—and (4) get extremely fit "to be of use" so you can sustain and magnify your impact. The video closes with promotion for a paid two-day live event called the "48 Hour Transformation" (June) intended to transform attendees' mindsets, energy, relationships, and performance.
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Hi, it's Robin Sharma, the author of the Leader who Had no Title. Welcome to this video. This is an exciting one. Super tactical, super valuable. As always, I'm going to dive right in on these ideas to become super successful, change your mindset and truly not only dominate your field as the best there ever was. I mean, imagine if that was your standard. Literally you want to be the undisputed heavyweight champion of your field, the best there ever was. You want to be the Picasso of what you do so good they cannot ignore you. You literally want to make history, not only with your work, but with your life. A few ideas to help you do that. I'm going to get right into the first one. Cut your excuses in half and double the amount of action you take. You can make excuses or you can change the world, but you can't do both. I'll put it to you this way, if you look for your excuses, you find them. I'll put it to you this way, with deep respect. As always, your excuses are nothing more than the lies your fears have sold you. The more you recite your excuses, the more they start to imprint your subconscious which then form your dominant beliefs which then drive your performance. If you say I'm not smart enough to be world class or to double your income, then that belief, according to the positive psychologist, will become a self fulfilling prophecy. If you say I don't have time to get fit like Madonna, then you actually will look for ways to fill your hours with too many busy things to do and not find the time to work out. If you say I am not in the right industry to get to world class or I don't have the right boss to be the Picasso for what I do, or the Lady Gaga or the Bono or the Da Vinci, then that belief will drive your performance and you will never be the Picasso of what you do. What I'm suggesting is cut your excuses in half. Actually, what I'm suggesting is you release your excuses as of today. Because you know what? Your excuses are not true. They're hallucinations. Step out of your excuses today and then not only cut your excuses in half, then double your action. You know this. But success is a numbers game. So you want to double your action, make 10 times the calls that you're making, work twice as hard as the competition. Because here's something else you want to write down into your journal right now. Success is much less about IQ and much more about hard, hard work. Second idea I want to share with you is leave the herd to have the results only 5% of the population have. In terms of your happiness, your fitness, your finances, your quality of your family, quality of your lifestyle. To have those results that only 5% have, you must be willing to do what only 5% have the guts to do. Which means you have to leave the herd. Most people in the world right now are card carrying members of the cult of mediocrity. So as you start to say, you know what, I want to be the best in the world at what I do. I want to be super fit. I want to have the prosperity and money I've always dreamed of. I want to travel the world, I want to have a great family life. I want to change the world with my life. Literally. Your mindset and the way you're behaving will be different from 95% of the people who spend the best hours of their days watching television in a subdivision. I mean, most people gossip too much, drink too much, worry too much, complain too much. And as you leave the herd, the herd won't like it because you're disrupting the dominant values of the herd. And they get threatened because genius is an act that threatens people. I remember being in the Barcelona Picasso museum and there was a sign that says people were disturbed by the genius Picasso. And I'm just suggesting to you, leave the herd. And as you leave the herd, people criticize you. And I guess what I'm suggesting to you is if people don't laugh at you and criticize you, you're thinking too small and you're not doing very much. Have the guts to leave the herd. Have the guts to be laughed at. All geniuses were first laughed at before they were revered. Third idea, grit. Dig grit. What does dig grit mean? Degrit simply means that the number one factor of success according to research is a word called grit. It's not intelligence, not education, not being in the right industry, not being at the right time. It's about having grit, which means you just don't give up. It means you have ridiculous levels of persistent. It means you get bloodied and knocked down and you don't give up. And that's why Steve Jobs is so iconic. He had grit. I mean, everyone else in his industry had a vision, but it got diluted when they were laughed at or challenged. I mean, they told Steve Jobs six weeks before the release of the iPhone that the screen that he wanted, I mean, he said to his team, I want the icons on the iPhone to look so gorgeous, people would lick or want to lick the iPhone screen. They told him, Steve that quality screen and that kind of glass has never been made before. And Steve Jobs said, no, we're not going to dilute the vision. This is my vision. You must find a way. Six weeks later, the iPhone was released with the screen he wanted. He had grit. He didn't give up. He didn't do it for the money. Because if you do it for the money, when you get laughed at or when you fail, you will give up. You've got to do it for the love. You've got to fall in love with your craft, fall in love with your vision. You've got to have grit. You just can't give up. You want to out fail the people around you and stay in the ring longer than anyone else you thinks you have a right to do. I mean, all masters suffer more than other people. I just want to be really honest with you. The price of success. I mean, people say, you know, Bill Gates got lucky, Branson got lucky, Federer got lucky. You don't get lucky. You create lucky by not giving up and having grit and sticking with the vision longer than anyone has the right to tell you to do. So, the final idea, and this might be a little interesting for you, we all talk about fitness, yes. We all want to learn, live longer. We all want to have more energy. You've heard me talk a lot about the value of fitness to double your performance, talking about serotonin and norepinephrine and dopamine and the reasons why you want to get fit. So you increase your focus, increase your energy. But here's a little spin on it. Get fit to be of use. I mean, ultimately life is short and the more fit you are, the more people you can help. The more fit you are, the more you can pursue your vision, the more fit you are, the more you'll have the energy and the stamina to change the world. So those are a few ideas to help you double your success and really get to your personal Mount Everest. And I'm really excited to share with you. If you look below, I've got a fantastic new workshop I'm offering. It's called the 48 Hour Transformation. I used to do an event that was world famous called the Awakening Best Self Weekend. About three years ago, I got bored with it and so I haven't done a personal event in about three years. And so in June, if you look below, all the details are there. I'm opening up doors now. Information is below. But in June, I'll be doing a two day event, 48 hours, designed with one specific thing. To transform you. To transform the person that you are. To transform your mindset. To allow you to have inspiration you've never felt. To teach you exactly my most advanced tactics. To transform your thinking, to transform your confidence. To help you become fearless. To transform your energy. To transform your relationships. To transform the way you live your Life. This is 48 hours that will transform your life. You'll walk in on Saturday morning, you walk out Sunday, never the same. It is going to be an amazing event. People from around the world will show up. It will blow your mind. What we have in store for you. The ideals you'll learn, the secret systems you'll learn, the tools you'll learn, the way you'll feel, the emotions you'll express. It's going to be magnificent. The 48 hour transformation this June. Fasten your seatbelts, grab one of the limited seats. All my events completely sell out. So grab one of the limited seats while you can. I will see you at the 48 hour transformation until I meet you personally in June and until you and I spend those 48 hours together with some of the best thinkers in the world. Stay great. Chase your fears, overcome them and present your Picasso to the world. Bye bye.
