Robin Sharma Quotes

An important part of leadership is being able to hold two things in your mind at once: Dealing with the reality, whatever it may be, and focus on hope for the future. Any leader helping an organization through challenges needs to be able to do both.

Not everything is going to go exactly as you plan. It's what you do when everything breaks down.

The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty but rather to navigate it.

Where there is no uncertainty, there is no longer the need for leadership. The greater the uncertainty, the greater the need for leadership. Your capacity as a leader will be determined by how well you learn to deal with uncertainty.

If you're asked something on a movie set and you say 'I don't know,' you lose confidence in every department. What you need to say is 'I'll have that for you in five minutes.'

Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult.

Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

A president, like a college freshman, can't know in advance which questions he'll have to answer or what topics he'll have to master. He has to be flexible, supple, and responsive. He has to be comfortable with multiple-choice.

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.

That may be one of the qualities a lot of owners have. They thrive on times that are challenging and changing because you have to grasp the big picture.

Every time the country is in a crisis, I think and decide where is the best way to go. We have to always think of ways to overcome these limitations.

It's so important to be ready for whatever is going to be thrown at you.

The game changes so quickly, and you have to get yourself in a position mentally where you can deal with whatever is thrown at you.

I think that's what's thrilling about leadership - when you're holding onto literally the worst possible hand on the planet and you know you're still going to win. How are you still going to win? Because that's when the character of the company really comes out.

Every manager must be prepared to face every situation.

It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work.

I was popular at some times and not so popular at other times. But what mattered was trying to solve problems and deal with circumstances. Some of which I was able to anticipate. Some of which caught us totally by surprise.

When I hear bad news I look at it as another leadership test that will determine how successful Go Daddy will become. So I no longer dread it. Instead, I enjoy the game of finding the very best way to deal with it, and take great satisfaction in having a hand in resolving the issues that come my way.

Leaders have to figure it out when there is no road map.

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

Great leaders don't rush to blame. They instinctively look for solutions.

I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.

Life is going to hit you some line drives, and sometimes you'll have to think fast. However, it's better to think first than to think fast.