Who will Cry when you Die? By Robin Sharma

Who Will Cry When You Die? At just 225 pages, the book is a speed read. However to get the full benefit of each suggestion, it is a good idea to read the book slowly preferably with a pencil in hand so that you can highlight the important facts you would like to re-read.

I purchased this book yesterday and started reading it immediately. I have liked it, so here is a review for my friends...

Do you feel that life is slipping by so fast that you might never get the chance to live with the meaning, happiness and joy you know you deserve? If so, then this very special book by leadership guru Robin S. Sharma, the author whose The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari series has transformed the lives of thousands, will be the guiding light that leads you to a brilliant new way of living. In this easy-to-read yet wisdom-rich manual, Robin S. Sharma offers 101 simple solutions to life’s most complex problems, ranging from a little-known method for beating stress and worry to a powerful way to enjoy the journey while you create a legacy that lasts.

The best way is to start from the beginning and read one solution each day. Reading the whole book in one sitting might leave the reader overwhelmed with information, making it easy to miss the point or forget the tips.

The book starts off with a quote from Norman Cousins:

“The tragedy of life is not death,

but what we let die inside of ourselves when we live."

Even though you may have dozens of friends, family members, and co-workers, you may still feel like you are trapped in your own little world.  In fact, almost every person in the world today feels painfully alone.  Perhaps it should come as no surprise that mankind endlessly seeks to create electronic devices in order to keep in contact with others.  At the same time, these devices cannot satisfy a deep, primal urge for unity and cohesion. 

If you have problems keeping up with the simplest interactions in your life, this meditation book will help you appreciate the fact that you do not have to choose to live in a vacuum.  Regardless of whether you miss a child's sporting event, or some other meeting, you do not have to beat yourself up for being “disconnected”  from everyone else around you.  In fact, once you step out of this monstrous paradigm, you will find that every single person on the planet is right here with you.  Once you begin to embrace that sense of oneness, you will never forget the power of living in the presence of love and unity.

As you start looking at your life from a different point of reference, you will be able to rearrange your priorities, and finally begin to shake off that painful feeling of being alone.  You already have the tools that will enable you to share your life with the people that mean most to you. 

The Author in his first chapter gives us a great learning –

“If You don’t Act on Life, Life has a habit of acting on you.”

The days slip into weeks, the weeks slip into months and the months slip into years.  Pretty soon it’s all over and you are left with nothing more than a heart filled with regret over a life half lived.

So the big question is –

How can I simplify so that I can enjoy the journey of life before it is too late?

Robin Sharma’s answer is:

“My answer always begins the same way: Find your calling. I believe we all have special talents that are just waiting to be engaged in a worthy pursuit. We are all here for some unique purpose, some noble objective that will allow us to manifest our highest human potential while we, at the same time, add value to the lives around us. Finding your calling doesn’t mean you must leave the job you now have. It simply means you need to bring m ore of yourself into your work and focus on the things you do best. It means you have to stop waiting for other people to make the changes you desire and, as Mahatma a Gandhi noted: “Be the change that you wish to see most in your world.” And once you do, your life will change.”

So as you gear up…. the book in your lap…. and turn the first page, make up your mind that you are going to accept your weakness and give yourself an opportunity to improve, as this book will definitely change something in you… For Good…

The Secret - My view

Once there was an Indian King who wanted to learn the art of supernatural powers. He goes to Tibet in search of a saint who can teach him.

Once in Tibet, he visits the saint and immediately speaks out his desire to learn the supernatural powers. He asks the saint to teach him how to walk on water, how to fly and so on….
The Saint asks the King to come to him next morning after taking a dip in the nearby lake. The next morning the King does exactly as told and arrives to the Saints hermitage.
The Saint on seeing him says, “My Son, the art of supernatural powers is very simple. Just go back to India and take a dip in any river, as you have so many rivers in India and chant these 3 verses:

1. Buddham Sharnam Gachhami
2. Dharman Sharnam Gachhami
3. Sangam Sharnam Gachhami”

However there is one precaution, says the Saint. While chanting these lines one must NOT THINK OF MONKEYS!


The King found this very simple and returned happily to India. Once in India, he went to a nearby river and took a dip in it. Then he sat at the banks of the river and started chanting
1. Buddham Sharanam Gachhami ……. and he thought of Monkeys
2. Dharman Sharnam Gachhami……. and he thought of Monkeys
3. Sangam Sharnam Gachhami” ……. and he thought of Monkeys


He tried in vain for a whole day but he kept on thinking of monkeys….
Depressed he again went back to all the way to Tibet to meet the Saint. On meeting him the saint asked if the King has acquired the supernatural powers….
On this the King said to the Saint. “I do not want the supernatural powers anymore. But please “Get the monkey out of my head”….

Dear Friends,


The above story of “Get the monkey out of my head”, is precisely the message what the first few pages of the book ‘The Secret’, by Rhonda Byrne says.

I started reading this book yesterday, after my Sunday morning Long Kriya and afternoon ritual of a 2 hours nap which I never miss.

A friend had recommended this book to me and so I purchased it a week ago. Due to office work-load however, I could not begin to read it immediately…. But I am glad that I took the book in my hand when I was well rested.

As you begin to read the book, it immediately makes you start your Thinking Process… what seems very simple in the beginning has a very different meaning as you read on. It is something that everyone knows but no one realize.

Like the first few pages are on the famous ‘Law of Attraction’.

The Law of Attraction is the most powerful law in the Universe. Our job as humans is to hold on to the thoughts of WHAT WE WANT. As you become what you think of the most and also attract what you think of the most. Thoughts are magnetic and they have a frequency. As you think, those thoughts are sent out in the universe and they magnetically attract all like things that are on the same frequency. Everything sent out returns to the source and that source is YOU.

Now friends, isn’t it very simple. If you want something, a promotion, a new car, a relationship, just keep thinking of it and it will come to you.

Then why is everyone so sad…. still so unhappy???

Now here lies the real problem. We keep thinking of what we don’t want. We concentrate on those things…. those negative things…. what we do not want….

Like for example:
What if I don’t get that promotion this year too? What if I cannot buy the latest car? What if I don’t get a good spouse as per my expectations?


And so on and so on…. The list of negative thoughts goes on…
And we land up wondering why the things we do not want are the ones that keep showing up again and again….

The only reason why people do not have what they want is because they are thinking more about what they don’t want than what they do…

So that’s not simple anymore?


Listen to your thoughts, Listen to the words you are saying, the law is absolute and there is no mistake.