A while ago I have read the book ‘The monk who sold his Ferrari’ from Robin Sharma. It is an interesting book, which teaches you a lot of valuable life lessons, and in this article I will talk about the book and what you can learn from it. I think this book is a must read for people who are into personal development books, and in general there are many people who can benefit from reading this book.
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So the book is about a man around 40 years old called Julian Mantle. He was a lawyer and made a lot of money. He had a very expensive and fast lifestyle, and he always wanted to make more money. At some point, he couldn’t cope his fast lifestyle anymore and almost got a heart-attack. He was very depressed at some point, and didn’t have many true friends anymore. Therefore, he decided to quit his job, sell all his belongings, including his ferrari, and take a trip to the Himalaya’s in India. There he went to a monastery, learned very important life lessons, and became a monk. He then went back to the U.S. and taught these valuable lessons to his former colleague John.
Important lessons
The first important lessons that I have learned from this book, is that you should take care of your mind, and treat it the same way as your body. Just like it is beneficial to train your body and perform exercises, the same is true for your mind. You can train it by doing simplistic exercises, such as meditating or reading books, and by doing that you take a real moment for yourself. The purpose of training your mind is that you mentally become more stable and stronger, and that you can deal with your emotions and don’t get involved with negative thoughts. This will give you more energy and clarity, so that you can take time to figure out what your main purpose is, which is the next valuable lesson. In order to live a fullfilled life, Julian says that you should have a clear purpose, and focus on it, so that your life will become simpler. If you know what your life goal is and you know what to do, you become happier and have less intrusive thoughts.
Another important lesson is that you should live in the present moment, and not think too much about the past or future, because ultimately there only is a present moment. I have experienced many times that I worry about things that happened in the past or could happen in the future, that I forget to enjoy the present moment, and that there is actually nothing wrong in the present. It is simply useless to worry about the past and future, and if you can become aware of it, your life will become much easier.
Have a nice day,
Mart Bergsma
