A short motivational talk by Robin Sharma (recorded in Mumbai) arguing that world-class creators and leaders work for the love of their craft, not for money. He uses examples (Steve Jobs, Picasso, Mozart and others) and personal testimony to argue that love sustains creative persistence, and ties the idea to leadership as growing other leaders.
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Hi, it's Robin Sharma, the leader who had no title. I'm here in Mumbai, India and I just wanted to talk to you about something that's really, really important, which is do you do it for the love or do you do it for the money? And you know, here's the key. No master, no Picasso, no Steve Jobs, no Richard Branson, no Roger Federer, no Mozart, no Da Vinci, no Lady Gaga ever did it for the money. They did it for the love. You see, if you really want to get to world class in your work and you really want to change the world, then you've got to do it for the love of your craft. I mean, let's talk about Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is one of my heroes. Steve Jobs didn't build Apple and make.
Apple into what it was and create genius level products because he was doing it for the money. As a matter of fact, when he was a billionaire, he was a young billionaire, he said, I don't understand why people always ask me about the money. He said, I do it for the feeling I feel on creating beautiful products. I mean, you know this. He wanted the icons on the iPhone.
Screen to look so beautiful that people.
Would want to lick the screen. He didn't do it for the money.
He did it for the love. He was a craftsman. He loved beauty, he loved design, he loved simplicity.
He wanted to achieve great things and he wanted to change the world. If you look at Mozart, if you look at Picasso, Picasso used to finish his dinner and rather than chit chatting with his friends for hours, he went back to his studio to pursue his craft. Why? It was his love. Now why is love so important?
Because if money is all you're after, when you get laughed at and you will when you get knocked down and you will when your heart and mind is filled with self doubt about whether.
You'Re good enough, whether you can do.
It, whether people will like your work. Money will not sustain you.
You've got to love it. When you get laughed at, when you get ridiculed, when you get so discouraged you feel like giving up. As I have so many times, as I pursue my mission, my vision, my dreams, all that sustains me at times is love.
What else would I do?
I love this. I love writing, I love sharing ideas and helping you remember that you're a genius. I love getting on a platform and practicing my craft and trying to connect with the audience and inspire them and help them release mediocrity and pursue mastery and believe in themselves. I love chasing this idea that the job of a leader is to grow more leaders. And if you're not inspiring leaders and growing more leaders, then you're following.
You're not leading.
I love what I do. I'm just finishing off a tour. I've given nine events in 13 days. What sustains me, what fuels me.
