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

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