Disclaimer: The following article is by Robin Sharma, the famous leadership guru and the author of this blog claims no rights over the article whatsoever.
This article is being published here because it really influenced me and it can actually prove very useful for a successful life:-
True innovators have a mantra: “The enemy of the best is the good.” They are constantly daring to make things better. What others call impossible they see as probable. They live out of their imaginations-not their memories. They live to challenge the commonly accepted. They assume nothing. They see no limits.
To them, everything’s possible. If you want to be a leader, I have a simple suggestion: Just keep innovating. Innovate at work. Innovate at home. Innovate in your relationships. Innovate in the way you run your life. Innovate in terms of the way you see the world. To become stagnant is to begin to die. Growth, evolution and reinvention sustain life. Sure it can be scary. But wouldn’t you rather feel your fear than play small with your life?
There’s no safety in being the same person today that you were yesterday. That’s just an illusion that ends up breaking your heart when you get to the end of your life and realise that you missed out on living it boldly.
Lasting fulfilment lives out in the unknown. When I was a kid, my dad used to tell me: “Robin, it’s risky out on the limb. But, son-that’s where all the fruit is.” And to play out on the skinny branch, you need to innovate. Daily. Relentlessly.
Of course, the more you innovate and refuse to be bound by the chains of complacency, the more you will fail. Not every risk you take and not everything you try will work out as planned. That’s just life happening. Failure truly is essential to success. And the more you stretch, the farther you will reach. Failure is a gift anyway.
Failure has been helpful to me. It’s taken me closer to my dreams, equipped me with more knowledge and toughened me up so I’m more prepared. Success and failure go hand in hand. They are business partners.
One of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline’s organising values is
“disturb.” Love it. Makes me think of the words of Motorola CEO Ed
Zander: “At the height of success, ‘break’ your business.” Companies
that don’t innovate don’t survive, so the key is driving this
innovation.
The lesson is especially important when things are going well. Though it’s counterintuitive, successful companies actually need to be more innovative than the competition.
It’s like kids playing king of the hill-everyone aims for the kid at the top. Leaders that don’t innovate are displaced by those willing to take risks. So go to work each day and refuse to do the same thing you did yesterday-just because it was what you did yesterday.
Keep challenging yourself to think better, do better and be better. Shake thinks up. Confront your limitations. Refuse to be average. Stand for what’s best. Commit to being breathtakingly great in all you do. And that’s what you’ll become, sooner than you think.
-Robin Sharma
This article is being published here because it really influenced me and it can actually prove very useful for a successful life:-
True innovators have a mantra: “The enemy of the best is the good.” They are constantly daring to make things better. What others call impossible they see as probable. They live out of their imaginations-not their memories. They live to challenge the commonly accepted. They assume nothing. They see no limits.
To them, everything’s possible. If you want to be a leader, I have a simple suggestion: Just keep innovating. Innovate at work. Innovate at home. Innovate in your relationships. Innovate in the way you run your life. Innovate in terms of the way you see the world. To become stagnant is to begin to die. Growth, evolution and reinvention sustain life. Sure it can be scary. But wouldn’t you rather feel your fear than play small with your life?
There’s no safety in being the same person today that you were yesterday. That’s just an illusion that ends up breaking your heart when you get to the end of your life and realise that you missed out on living it boldly.
Lasting fulfilment lives out in the unknown. When I was a kid, my dad used to tell me: “Robin, it’s risky out on the limb. But, son-that’s where all the fruit is.” And to play out on the skinny branch, you need to innovate. Daily. Relentlessly.
Of course, the more you innovate and refuse to be bound by the chains of complacency, the more you will fail. Not every risk you take and not everything you try will work out as planned. That’s just life happening. Failure truly is essential to success. And the more you stretch, the farther you will reach. Failure is a gift anyway.
Failure has been helpful to me. It’s taken me closer to my dreams, equipped me with more knowledge and toughened me up so I’m more prepared. Success and failure go hand in hand. They are business partners.
The lesson is especially important when things are going well. Though it’s counterintuitive, successful companies actually need to be more innovative than the competition.
It’s like kids playing king of the hill-everyone aims for the kid at the top. Leaders that don’t innovate are displaced by those willing to take risks. So go to work each day and refuse to do the same thing you did yesterday-just because it was what you did yesterday.
Keep challenging yourself to think better, do better and be better. Shake thinks up. Confront your limitations. Refuse to be average. Stand for what’s best. Commit to being breathtakingly great in all you do. And that’s what you’ll become, sooner than you think.
-Robin Sharma
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