The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Remarkable Story About Living Your Dreams Kindle Edition

A simple and practical fable indicative of so many people choosing to run the races planned by other people. Some gems I will never forget:• Run your own race.• Live simply.• Have courage to live your own life.• Live your children’s childhood. Grow up with them.• Do not waste your time.• Spend time reflecting in silence and focus on gratitude.• Live with purpose to serve others.• Do not fear failure; it’s your friend.• No amount of money is more important than your peace.• In order to improve our outer lives, we have to improve and work on our inner selves first.• An empty cup is indicative of space and room for learning more.• .• Listen more and talk less.• Slow down. Read more

Not for you if you are already familiar with self-awareness, self-discipline, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, self-mastery, meditation, and such.The story is built around the idea of a master teaching his 'protégé' about enlightenment...which could have been great. However... it's as if the 'student' has a very low level of knowledge and intelligence - has he ever opened a book?I was expecting this book to be above average, but I can't say that any advice, as well as the vocabulary, have resonated with me.Although I did not learn anything new, I must admit that the writer has made the concepts highly accessible to all.

After reading this book, I realized that accompaniment doesn't come with reading the most books but finding the books that bring the most value to your life and reading them over and over so you can learn and apply the principles in your daily life. This is a race to read to the most books. It's all about bring the most value to the time we have here on earth. I'm reading the book multiple time for the rest of the year along with a few others that I found very helpful in my person journey.

Over the 76 years of my life I have read thousands of books on a wide range of topics. One of my favorite kinds of books includes self-help books with philosophical themes. I recently purchased this 198 page soft cover book (The Monk who sold his Ferrari: A fable about fulfilling your dreams and reaching your destiny by Robin S. Sharma) from Amazon for a bargain price after it was recommended to me by a friend.Once I began reading this book it reminded me of a previous book I had read many years ago called “Lost Horizon” by James Hilton which was also made into a movie. This is a story about a work driven lawyer named Julian Mantle who realizes his life did not have the purpose he has been seeking for so many years. He quits being a lawyer and begins a quest which would take him to the mystical mountains of the Tibet in search of meaning to his life. He winds up meeting a mysterious and wise Monk who leads him to a place called Sivana, which sounds a lot like the “Shangri-La” in the book and movie “Lost Horizon.”I never like to give away too much information and spoil it for the reader but the lessons in this book may inspire you to search for your own life’s purpose. There are 13 chapters covering the wakeup call, the mysterious visitor, the transformation of Julian Mantle, a magical meeting with the Sages of Sivana, the wisdom of personal change, a most extraordinary garden, kindling your inner fire, the ancient art of self-leadership, the power of discipline, your most precious commodity, the ultimate purpose of life and the timeless secret of lifelong happiness.Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Martial Art and Warrior Haiku and Senryu)

Easy to read. A fun conversation between a "reformed attorney" and his protege. It is a story that brings to bear "7 Timeless Virtues of Enlightened Living."Overall I enjoyed it very much. The virtues caused me to think about my own life and where I'm trying to go. The ideas really aren't new if you follow Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn; however, Robin Sharma has done an excellent job presenting these ideas and virtues in a new way.Personally, I think it is a worthwhile read for anyone who is trying to improve their lives and those around them.

This book certainly has some sage advice, but its purpose is a bit misleading. It states in the book that it’s not a guide for self-improvement, but once you start reading it you see that’s exactly what it is. The story line is so predictable that it takes away from its allure.Now I’m not saying its not worth reading, because it is. I just wish it were written with some creativity. Matter of fact, this version “Special 15th Anniversary Edition” added a bonus excerpt from Robin Sharma's upcoming book The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, which didn’t add anything to the story or its allure.What were they thinking when they added these bonus chapters? It made absolutely no sense, and it takes away from the original story. Poorly done for sure.

… don't buy this hackneyed adjective-riddled crap. I know high-school sophomores who write more elegantly.I commend myself for not giving up in the first fifteen stilted pages (but confess that I didn't make it to page twenty).

As a long time student of self-improvement, I found this book to bring the recipe for meaningful life into a compact story that clearly explains not only the ingredients for that life, but also exactly how to combine them to create the happiness for which you have been searching. The symbolism in the story is well explained and the steps are easily grasped. If you take these lessons to heart and employ them, your life can only change to be more fulfilling.

Take every new age doctrine and shove it into a fantasy about a businessman who sheds the corporate life to become a hippy and you have this pointless book. You don't need to read it because I just gave you the whole book in one sentence. If escapist new age dream catching is your boat you'll probably like it since it will simply tell you everything you already believe in and give you a jolly nice pat on the back for being such a superbly progressive and spiritual person. But ultimately that's just part of the whole circle jerkery.If you want to find spirituality look to the past of your people, your country, your religious histories and your family. Look into yourself and find the deeper levels of your own personality. Please don't simply adopt the religious heritage of several random eastern countries and pretend like they have any relevance with your 21st century lifestyle. It's simply irresponsible make-believe to do so and about as original as a goth dressed in black who thinks he's edgy as hell. You're not progressive. You're backwards thinking. If you want to fix the mess of 21st century living, the corporate rat race and the hellish fallout of the industrial revolution, banking crisis and all the rest of it, focus yourself on the society you inhabit instead of staring off toward Tibet, shaving your head and chanting Hari Krishna. It's not big or clever. It's childsplay. Pretending to be something you're not because you don't like who you are. Wake up call: you can't escape who you are. No amount of head shaving, getaways in Nepal, communes with monks and Feng Shui will save you from who you are, where you come from, what your ancestors did and what you yourself must do to make the world better when you leave than it was when you arrived.

The advice in this book is excellent and I think that anyone who implements it will greatly enhance their lives. Let me state that first because it is important to point it out that I am fully aware and accepting of that value. That being said, this is not good literature, the plot and characters are simple, shallow and full of cliche. None of these elements resonated with me. The book remains a bad attempt at combining storytelling with self-help, and so... it is none of them. Contrast this book with another one that targets this kind of melding: The Teachings of Don Juan. Now that is great storytelling! With very well defined and developed characters AND with some great life advice (if you can interpret symbols). There is no comparison between these two books. It would have been much better to show us the life of Julian, and how he became a monk, how he lived in the Himalayas, make the reader feel his conflict, his troubles, how he slowly finds his way. Instead he comes back "fixed" and summarizes what happened to him.

Talk about milking the cow! The author has made a fair few quid off the back of this, cute red alert badge on the front cover to brag how many million sold, so you think this must be good? Wrong, it’s an embarrassment to your sanity. Save your money for a better read elsewhere. The contents of this book can be read and watched for less than 5 minutes by many an inspirational thinker making themselves know for free on the net. Good luck to those trying to re-sell this book on.

One of the best books I have ever read!Highly recommend it!I only leave positive feedback and reviews when the product meets my expectations. If this review has been helpful, please click “yes”, or if I've left anything out, feel free to ask.

A very shallow piece of fiction stuffed with very superficial self help advice. If you really want to be inspired, even blown away, I recommend THE WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR by Dan Millman.