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THE MONK WHO SOLD HIS FERRARI: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny. Copyright © 1997 by Robin S. Sharma.
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FIRST HARPERCOLLINS PAPERBACK EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1999
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sharma, Robin S. (Robin Shilp), 1964-
The monk who sold his Ferrari: a fable about fulfilling your dreams and reaching your destiny/Robin S. Sharma. — lst ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: Toronto: Haunsla Corp., 1996.
ISBN 0-06-251560-S (cloth) ISBN 0-06-251567-5 (pbk.)
I. Title PR9199.3.S497M6 1998
813'.54—dc21 98-13247
CIP
03 •RRD 20 19
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To my son, Colby,
who is my daily reminder of all that is good in this world. Bless You.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari has been a very special project, brought to fruition through the efforts of some very special people. I am deeply grateful to my superb production team and to all those whose enthusiasm and energy transformed my vision of this book into reality, especially my family at Sharma Leadership International. Your commitment and sense of mission moves me.
I express special thanks:
To the thousands of readers of my first book, MegaLiving!, who graciously took the time to write to me and share how it changed their lives. I also thank all those who have attended my public seminars across North America as well as Sharma Leadership International's many corporate clients, who have been such wonderful sponsors of my speaking programs for their employees.
To my editor, John Loudon, for your belief in this book and for your faith in me. Thanks as well to Margery Buchanan, Karen Levine, and the rest of the superb team at HarperSanFranciseo for investing your energies in this project
To Brian Tracy, Mark Victor Hansen, and my other colleagues in the self-leadership field for your kindness.
To Kathi Dunn for your brilliant cover design. I thought nothing could top the Timeless Wisdom for Self-Mastery cover you did for us. I was wrong.
To Satya Paul, Krishna, and Sandeep Sharma for your constant encouragement.
And most of all, to my wonderful parents, Shiv and Shashi Sharma, who have guided and helped me from day one; to my loyal and wise brother Sanjay Sharma, M.D., and his good wife, Susan; to my daughter, Bianca, for your presence; to my son, Colby, for your spirit, and to my wife and best friend, Alka. You are all the light that shows me the way.
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Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
George Bernard Shaw
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CONTENTS
THE WAKE-UP CALL 1
THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR 8
THE MIRACULOUS TRANSFORMATION OF JULIAN MANTLE 12
A MAGICAL MEETING WITH THE SAGES OF SIVANA 24
A SPIRITUAL STUDENT OF THE SAGES 27
THE WISDOM OF PERSONAL CHANGE 32
A MOST EXTRAORDINARY GARDEN 41
KINDLING YOUR INNER FIRE 72
THE ANCIENT ART OF SELF-LEADERSHIP 93
THE POWER OF DISCIPLINE 144
YOUR MOST PRECIOUS COMMODITY 159
THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF LIFE 173
THE TIMELESS SECRET OF LIFELONG HAPPINESS 181
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
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CHAPTER ONE
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