Who Will Cry When You Die by Robin Sharma - Short Summary

in #robinsharma6 years ago

Introduction

Robin Sharma is famous for his bestsellers like the Monk Who Sold his Ferrari. This book is the third portion of his famous serious. The book focuses on the lessons of life summarized in 101 chapters. The book games insight through the incidents we go through our life. These small incidents leave big lessons to be learnt and understood for a happy life.

The book imposes the importance of small things in life like watching movies and learning from them, planting trees and enjoying the outcomes, cherishing smallest of the happy moments to the fullest.

This book is a unique approach to life. It emphasizes living in today, this moment. We worry about the future, whatever happened in the past and destroy our present. so the author has tried to preach living a significant life than a race to success.

Summary
The book can be summarized in the form of different lessons learned from chapters:

  1. Discover Your Calling
  2. Every Day, Be Kind to a Stranger
  3. Maintain Your Perspective
  4. Practice Tough Love
  5. Keep a Journal
  6. Develop an Honesty Philosophy
  7. Honour Your Past
  8. Start Your Day Well
  9. Learn to Say No Gracefully
  10. Take a Weekly Sabbatical
  11. Talk to Yourself
  12. Schedule Worry Breaks
  13. Model a Child
  14. Remember, Genius Is 99 Percent Inspiration
  15. Care for the Temple
  16. Learn to Be Silent
  17. Think about Your Ideal Neighbourhood
  18. Get Up Early
  19. See Your Troubles as Blessings
  20. Laugh More
  21. Spend a Day without Your Watch
  22. Take More Risks
  23. Live a Life
  24. Learn from a Good Movie
  25. Bless Your Money
  26. Focus on the Worthy
  27. Write Thank – You Notes
  28. Always Carry a Book with You
  29. Create a Love Account
  30. Get Behind People’s Eyeballs
  31. List Your Problems
  32. Practice the Action Habit
  33. See Your Children as Gifts
  34. Enjoy the Path, Not Just the Reward
  35. Remember That Awareness Precedes Change
  36. Read Tuesday’s With Morrie
  37. Master Your Time
  38. Keep Your Cool
  39. Recruit a Board of Directors
  40. Cure Your Monkey Mind
  41. Get Good at Asking
  42. Looking for the Higher Meaning of Your Work
  43. Build a Library of Heroic Books
  44. Develop Your Talents
  45. Connect with Nature
  46. Use Your Commute Time
  47. Go on a News Fast
  48. Get Serious About Setting Goals
  49. Remember the Rule of 21
  50. Practice Forgiveness
  51. Drink Fresh Fruit Juice
  52. Create a Pure Environment
  53. Walk in the Woods
  54. Get a Coach
  55. Take a Mini – Vacation
  56. Become a Volunteer
  57. Find Your Six Degrees of Separation
  58. Listen to Music Daily
  59. Write a Legacy Statement
  60. Find Three Great Friends
  61. Read The Artist’s Way
  62. Learn to Meditate
  63. Have a Living Funeral
  64. Stop Complaining and Start Living
  65. Increase Your Value
  66. Be a Better Parent
  67. Be Unorthodox
  68. Carry a Goal Card
  69. Be More than Your Moods
  70. Savour the Simple Stuff
  71. Stop Condemning
  72. See Your Day as Your Life
  73. Create a Master Mind Alliance
  74. Create a Daily Code of Conduct
  75. Imagine a richer reality
  76. Become the CEO of Your Life
  77. Be Humble
  78. Don’t Finish Every Book You Start
  79. Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself
  80. Make a Vow of Silence
  81. Don’t Pick Up the Phone Every Time It Rings
  82. Remember That Recreation Must Involve Recreation
  83. Choose Worthy Opponents
  84. Sleep Less
  85. Have a Family Mealtime
  86. Become an Imposter
  87. Take a Public Speaking Course
  88. Stop Thinking Tiny Thoughts
  89. Don’t Worry About Things You Can’t Change
  90. Learn How to Walk
  91. Rewrite Your Life Story
  92. Plant a tree
  93. Find Your Place of Peace
  94. Take More Pictures
  95. Be an Adventurer
  96. Decompress Before You Go Home
  97. Respect Your Instincts
  98. Collect Quotes That Inspire You
  99. Love Your Work
  100. Selflessly Serve
  101. Live Fully so You Can Die Happy.

Sharma says “Too many of us die at 20 and are buried at 80.” Robin Sharma has tried to explain why we need to live every day to the fullest.

Through many chapters, he has given insight into how we can achieve this. He forces to enjoy small moments to live life happily. And professional life must be separated from personal life to live a stable life.

Hope you enjoyed.

Thanks for reading!

@magnate

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