Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Have you read any of Robin’s book recommendations?🤔📚 #robinsharma #bookrecommendations

27 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In a brief interview, Nick Hutchison asks Robin Sharma what books he recommends. Sharma lists a diverse set of titles that have shaped his thinking: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, Hope for the Flowers by Rena Pauling, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, As You Think It by James Allen, The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, Walter Isaacson’s biography of Leonardo da Vinci, and Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. He also highlights a personal favorite, The Mandela Way, noting that his life changed after standing in Nelson Mandela’s prison cell on Robben Island, where Mandela practiced the 5 AM Club routine of early‑morning exercise. The segment blends book recommendations with a vivid personal anecdote that underscores the transformative power of disciplined habits and inspirational literature.

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A lot of people asked me about what do you read? A lot of people said, hey, if he had to recommend a few books or maybe the last couple of books that he's been reading, what does he recommend to the world?
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, Hope for the Flowers by Rena Pauling, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, As You Think It by James Allen. The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, the biography of Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson. Even his book on Steve Jobs is just masterful. The Nelson Mandela— if you can get your hands on a book called The Mandela Way, it's a very personal book of his. My life changed when I stood in his prison cell where he lived for 18 years. By the way, he was a member of the 5 AM Club, and if you could get up at 5 AM in a prison cell on Robben Island and run on the spot and do pushups.