The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: Book’s Review.

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is a fiction by Robin Sharma (Canadian writer), who is a globally respected humanitarian and widely considered one of the world’s top leadership and personal optimization advisors.”The monk who sold his Ferrari” is one of the best motivational books you will ever come across.

The summary

The book is written in the form of a conversation between two friends. The story is about Julian Mantle who is a successful lawyer but is full of tension and work pressure, who finally decides to leave his luxuries and baggage of past and goes to the Himalayan mountain in search of peace. While reading this book you would literally feel that you are in the beautiful forest of Savanna, Where everything is very beautiful. Julian’s journey is described in 7 practical lessons. At the end of every chapter is a summary containing action points, it makes it easy to remember.

The core of the book is the 7 virtue of enlightened learning, learned from Himalayan across.

1. Master your Mind
2. Follow your purpose
3. Practice Kaizen
4. Live with discipline
5. Respect your Time
6. Selflessly serve others
7. Embrace the present

All of them are very inspiring and potentially very useful. A well-cultivated mind will blossom beyond our expectations. The quality of our life always depends upon our thoughts. It is said in this book that even the best-conditioned thinkers are using 1/100th of a percent of their mental resources. Only a well-trained mind can explore the untapped potential of mental capacity.

The mind is a good servant but a bad master. If you have become a negative thinker, this is because you have not cared for your mind and taken no time to train it to focus on the good. The mind literally works like any other muscle in our body. Use it or lose it.

Most parts of the book contain nothing that we wouldn’t already know. For example: Be positive, think positive, don’t let negative thoughts spoil, etc which are easy to say but difficult to follow and practice. But the thing that you will gain from the book is simply life-changing. Books simply help you to see what is already within yourself, that’s what enlightenment is all about.

No doubt it is a wonderful book especially well suited for the busy lives most of us live. It is easy to forget to live in the present and get carried away. The book shares tricks, tips, short stories, examples, exercises, and tools that you could practically practice for a better lifestyle.

It is surely a must-read book for everyone who thinks that they don’t have enough time for anything, life is controlling them and days are just passing very fast.’ The monk who sold his Ferrari’ is all about how to master ourselves. There are no mistakes, only lessons, see setbacks as opportunities for personal expansion and spiritual growth.

If you really want to be inspired, I would personally recommend it to everyone. If you are at school, college, or amidst an incredibly busy life. Take a pause and have a good read. Little lessons fuel your inner and outer growth.