Robin Sharma argues that reading philosophy and studying great thinkers adds years to your life by importing their accumulated wisdom. He cites Seneca on this idea and prescribes routines like regular reading and attending learning events every three months to expand talent and achieve mastery.
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Hi, this is Robin Sharma. Welcome to this mastery session. This mastery session is called how to add 100 years to your life. I'm all about helping you create a legendary life, helping you do work that wows, helping you be a master of your craft so that you really reach a sense of immortality. And earlier today, I mean, this is how I got the idea for the podcast that I want to share with you right now. Earlier Today at about 4:30 in the morning, I was reading Seneca and there was a line in Seneca's work early today that simply said this. When you spend time reading philosophy, you can add a thousand years to your life. And that really got me thinking about the fact that when we expose ourselves to the world's best ideas, we literally collapse time. We literally allow ourselves to take the best of their wisdom and inject it into our lives so that we can spend the rest of our lives going deeper, playing higher, doing better work. Here's what I mean. In my home, I have people like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, John F. Kennedy, Sam Walton, Sergey Brin, Elon Musk, Rembrandt, Picasso. All of those people are living in my home with me through their books. I mean, when you really think about in this world where there is an affliction and addiction to distraction for the a player who invests time in learning, in reading, you can spend time with the greatest minds. You might live 75 years or you might live 100 years, but in that 100 years, you can have 1,000 years of robust wisdom that you bring out into the world to lift your game, to serve your audience, to help your family, to live and craft a life that you adore. I guess what I'm really suggesting to you is the line you've probably heard me say before, but I really believe that repetition is part of mastery. And so the brain tattoo I really want you to wire in is education is inoculation against disruption. When you read a book, when you invest in an online course, when you go to a learning event every three months, I mean, that's one of my protocols. Every. Every three months at least, I get out of the office, I get out of my city, and I go to a learning conference where I rub shoulders with other brave thinkers, other fast performers, other people who are at the top of their games. And I walk away feeling the energy and learning the ideas just by being in the room with people who are playing at a level higher than me. I surf off of the fumes of that learning and inspiration for many, many months. So I want to dial you back into how do you add 1,000 years to the rest of your life? Well, you hang out with Sam Walton, you hang out with Jimi Hendrix, you hang out with Elon Musk, you hang out with Richard Branson. Is to grow. One of the key purposes of life is to expand the talents that you were born into. Life is about growth. Life is about mastery. Life is about fully becoming your highest nature. And when you do that, you not only serve the world, you you served your loved ones. You build a beautiful life. You become happier because the brain operates on novelty. And you live literally create a life that presents a legacy after you're no longer here. So invest in learning. It truly is a game changer. I hope this Mastery Session has been wonderful. Inspiring tactical Go out there and out Learn everyone around you. Hi, this is Robin Sharma. I hope you received great value from this Mastery Session. If you'd like to receive potent training videos, blog posts, learning tools and information on my two live events, Personal Mastery Academy and my flagship four day experience, the Titan Summit, go ahead and visit robinsharmer. Com.
