Robin Sharma Quotes

I like to do something I fear.

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.

Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence that you should do this.

Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.

If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Do things that are uncomfortable to do. I say that because women tend to step back from things that they don't know about. And the second, most important one is, push through the fear.

If you start worrying about risks, you might as well stay inside the womb.

I think operating in a mode of fear, and operating from a mode of fear, is not going to get us anywhere, as a people, or me, as a person. So I don't operate from that place.

Jim Newman, the business visionary who created the term 'comfort zone,' showed me how to expand my horizons. Thanks to Jim, after I attended one of his PACE Seminars in 1978; I moved out of my comfort zone at Bear Stearns and became a super successful oilman.

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

I told everyone I would never be an actor. People used to tell me, 'Hey, you got a good look. You should try.' And I was like, 'Nah. That's not me.' And then, the moment I tried it, I found I loved it more than anything in the world, and that taught me a lesson. That is, just go for it.

I've been scared and I've liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I'm in my comfort zone.

We're all here for a limited amount of time, and life is difficult - not unfair, but difficult. The key is to really confront our fears because when we do, and when we look at them, we really begin to realize that we are capable of handling them.

I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

It seems like the more I live, the more I realize that saying 'yes' is almost never a mistake. If you say no, it might feel safe, but then you end up going nowhere.

Whenever there's a role that scares me, I get panicked and nervous. I know that greatness might come because I'm going to get out of my own element and comfort zone.

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.