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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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
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.