The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in by Robin Sharma Read Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Robin Sharma
other hole, motioning like the maître d’ of a chic restaurant might on the arrival of an A-list guest.
I readily obliged and snapped into action, heading into it with boundless enthusiasm. I expected to find another tablet. Or maybe another silver necklace with some peculiar acronym engraved upon it. But deep into the grave, I found absolutely nothing.
“Here,” Tommy said, handing me a shovel. “You’ll need to do some digging for this one. But rich rewards always flow from honest effort and hard work. You’ll love what you’re about to find.”
I started to dig.
“Quicker, Blake. We’ve got things to do and people to meet. We don’t have all day,” Tommy shouted, his arms crossed and his expression revealing that he was having fun.
Soon I hit something. I got down on my knees and started pushing away the dirt with my bare hands. As I brushed away more soil, I noticed something that sparkled extraordinarily in the morning sun. I carefully picked up the object and looked up at Tommy in disbelief. At the bottom of this second grave wasanother tablet. But this one was made of what appeared to be pure gold.
“Is this what I think it is, Tommy?” I asked, stunned.
“Solid gold, my friend. Now read it, please. You’re ready to understand what the inscription says.”
The golden tablet had the following title, marked in the same block lettering: “The 10 Human Victories.”
Tommy spoke up. “I’ve painted a picture of what hell on earth looks like, Blake. Now we need to be a lot more positive and discuss the place I sense you’re quickly moving toward, a state where all things are possible and there are zero chains on the difference you can make.”
“And how do I get to this place, Tommy?”
“Just do the things I’ve been encouraging you to do. And Lead Without a Title. By infusing leadership into everything you do and each thing you touch, you can live remarkably. You truly can realize your original genius. You really can be one of the great ones. Read the rewards that you are guaranteed to get if you embrace the philosophy I’ve been sharing. I’m so excited for you.”
I read the list:
1. You reach your end full of happiness and fulfillment on realizing that you are all used up—having spent the fullness of your talents, the biggest of your resources, and best of your potential doing great work and leading a rare-air life.
2. You reach your end knowing that you played at a standard of concentrated excellence and held yourself to the most impeccable of standards in each thing that you did.
3. You reach your end in noisy celebration for having the boldness of spirit to have regularly confronted your largest fears and realized your highest visions.
4. You reach your end and recognize that you became a person who built people up versus one who tore people down.
5. Your reach your end with the understanding that while your journey may have not always been a smooth one, whenever you got knocked down you instantly got back up—and at all times, never suffered from any loss of optimism.
6. You reach your end and bask in the staggering glory of your phenomenal achievements along with the rich value you have contributed to the lives of the people you were lucky to serve.
7. You reach your end and adore the strong, ethical, inspirational, and empathetic person you grew into.
8. You reach your end and realize that you were a genuine innovator who blazed new trails instead of following old roads.
9. You reach your end surrounded with teammates who call you a rock star, customers who say you’re a hero, and loved ones who call you a legend.
10. You reach your end as a true Leader Without a Title, knowing that the great deeds you did will endure long after your death and that your life stands as a model of possibility.
We both sat down on the lush grass that surrounded the graves. The words Tommy had written were at once brilliant, beautiful, and basic. My life had become so filled with
I readily obliged and snapped into action, heading into it with boundless enthusiasm. I expected to find another tablet. Or maybe another silver necklace with some peculiar acronym engraved upon it. But deep into the grave, I found absolutely nothing.
“Here,” Tommy said, handing me a shovel. “You’ll need to do some digging for this one. But rich rewards always flow from honest effort and hard work. You’ll love what you’re about to find.”
I started to dig.
“Quicker, Blake. We’ve got things to do and people to meet. We don’t have all day,” Tommy shouted, his arms crossed and his expression revealing that he was having fun.
Soon I hit something. I got down on my knees and started pushing away the dirt with my bare hands. As I brushed away more soil, I noticed something that sparkled extraordinarily in the morning sun. I carefully picked up the object and looked up at Tommy in disbelief. At the bottom of this second grave wasanother tablet. But this one was made of what appeared to be pure gold.
“Is this what I think it is, Tommy?” I asked, stunned.
“Solid gold, my friend. Now read it, please. You’re ready to understand what the inscription says.”
The golden tablet had the following title, marked in the same block lettering: “The 10 Human Victories.”
Tommy spoke up. “I’ve painted a picture of what hell on earth looks like, Blake. Now we need to be a lot more positive and discuss the place I sense you’re quickly moving toward, a state where all things are possible and there are zero chains on the difference you can make.”
“And how do I get to this place, Tommy?”
“Just do the things I’ve been encouraging you to do. And Lead Without a Title. By infusing leadership into everything you do and each thing you touch, you can live remarkably. You truly can realize your original genius. You really can be one of the great ones. Read the rewards that you are guaranteed to get if you embrace the philosophy I’ve been sharing. I’m so excited for you.”
I read the list:
1. You reach your end full of happiness and fulfillment on realizing that you are all used up—having spent the fullness of your talents, the biggest of your resources, and best of your potential doing great work and leading a rare-air life.
2. You reach your end knowing that you played at a standard of concentrated excellence and held yourself to the most impeccable of standards in each thing that you did.
3. You reach your end in noisy celebration for having the boldness of spirit to have regularly confronted your largest fears and realized your highest visions.
4. You reach your end and recognize that you became a person who built people up versus one who tore people down.
5. Your reach your end with the understanding that while your journey may have not always been a smooth one, whenever you got knocked down you instantly got back up—and at all times, never suffered from any loss of optimism.
6. You reach your end and bask in the staggering glory of your phenomenal achievements along with the rich value you have contributed to the lives of the people you were lucky to serve.
7. You reach your end and adore the strong, ethical, inspirational, and empathetic person you grew into.
8. You reach your end and realize that you were a genuine innovator who blazed new trails instead of following old roads.
9. You reach your end surrounded with teammates who call you a rock star, customers who say you’re a hero, and loved ones who call you a legend.
10. You reach your end as a true Leader Without a Title, knowing that the great deeds you did will endure long after your death and that your life stands as a model of possibility.
We both sat down on the lush grass that surrounded the graves. The words Tommy had written were at once brilliant, beautiful, and basic. My life had become so filled with
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