According to author and leadership expert Robin Sharma, failure is nothing more than not having the courage to try. Sharma should know. He is one of the world’s premier speakers on Leadership and Personal Mastery. Sharma’s books such as The Leader Who Had No Title and The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari have topped bestseller lists internationally and his social media posts reach over six hundred million people a year.
A former lawyer, Sharma quit his job and self-published a book at a Kinko’s copy shop (his mother edited it). His second book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari was also originally self-published until former HarperCollins president Ed Carson discovered Robin in a bookstore. The book, and the series that followed, have become one of the world’s most successful publishing franchises.
Sharma writes about failure in The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari:
Failure is not having the courage to try, nothing more and nothing less. Failure is essential to success in any endeavor. Failure tests us and allows us to grow. Never fear failure. Failure is your friend.
