Short YouTube talk (approx. 3–4 minutes) by Robin Sharma arguing that focusing on ‘legacy’ is less important than how one lives in the present. He urges viewers to use each day and the new year to pursue personal growth, kindness, and meaningful action, then promotes a paid course based on his book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.
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Hey, it's Robin Sharma. I hope you're doing really well. This video is going to only be about maybe three or four minutes long, if that. And yet I think it'll be really valuable when it comes to you calibrating your philosophy and then living out the next months of this fresh year. So it's the greatest year of your life yet. And the idea I want to offer to you with great love and respect is that concept of legacy is a waste of time. Yes, I'm aware. I wrote a book 20 years ago called who will cry when you die? Which was very much all about handcrafting a legacy in such a way that the generations who will follow you will revere you. Given the way that you've showed up, I rethink my idea because I think now legacy really is a waste of time. No matter how long we get to live, we all end up as a pile of dust, often on a mantle above someone's fireplace, next to their Little League trophies. It does not matter how you are remembered when you're no longer here because you are dead. Marcus Aurelius in Meditations talks about the tongues of posterity. How often do we live our lives in such a way so that the tongues of posterity celebrate us? I do not think it's important how you are remembered when you're no longer here. What is most important is how you live while you are alive. Did you do your dreams? Did you materialize your promise? Did you chase your fears and transcend them? So you grew. Did you treat people with kindness? Were you an encourager versus a discourager? Did you trust your instinct over your intellect? Did you use each day as a platform for possibility versus being a victim, Stuck in the past, complaining over things that you cannot change. Legacy is a waste of time. Use today and use this fresh year to materialize your genius, to honor your potential, to pursue your mighty and heroic and ethical ambitions, and to make the world a brighter place. You can do it. And you've been given the opportunity of a lifetime to do it. So don't worry about your legacy used today and while you're alive, to really make the world a brighter place. If you'd like my help to be your mentor, and if you'd like to make this year the single greatest year of your life yet, when it comes to your creativity and your confidence, your productivity, your prosperity, your focus, your health and your impact, then have a look at the information below. I've released a course. I've been asked to do this for years, and I'VE released a course based on my number one global bestseller, the Monk who Sold His Ferrari. It's called the Monk who Sold His Ferrari Method and it takes the ideas in that book to a completely new level. And the whole course is built around a singular focus to make this year the single greatest year you've ever had on the planet. Yet I've created the course with deep devotion, deep focus, deep drive to make this a world class program that brings you outrageous value. Have a look at the information below. I'm offering you a membership into the course at a very, very special introductory price. Also, there's completely no risk to test the course out. You have a 10 day, complete, no questions asked money back guarantee. All the risk is on my shoulders. I believe in the program that much and I know it'll help you make this year amazing. That much. So why wouldn't you test out the program and and get one of the limited memberships that my team has made available today? You're going to find the course inspiring, tactical and supremely valuable. And I can't think of a better way for you to start this year at an amazing level of performance and happiness. And I hope this video has been of service to you and I do wish you a remarkable and exceptional new year. Thanks.
