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Robin Sharma says protecting your time does not mean working yourself to exhaustion

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Robin Sharma argued that talented people often waste their most productive hours on trivial or low-impact activities.
  • He said protecting time and pursuing professional success should not require exhausting oneself through excessive work.
  • Sharma’s latest book presents financial success as one part of a broader idea of wealth that also includes personal well-being.

Robin Sharma, the personal-development author and speaker, says many highly capable people squander their potential by spending their best hours on activities that have little real impact.

It’s astonishing how potentially brilliant people devote themselves to strange and mediocre things. They are wasting their potential. They are wasting the best hours of their best days on trivial activities. You will never get that time back!

· Robin SharmaSharma criticized the way talented people spend their most productive time.

“It’s astonishing how potentially brilliant people devote themselves to strange and mediocre things. They are wasting their potential. They are wasting the best hours of their best days on trivial activities. You will never get that time back!” he said.

Sharma said his approach to time and energy management does not promote exhaustion. Instead, he urged people to identify the work that creates genuine value and protect the most productive parts of the day.

I know it’s a cliché, but I know exceptional people who protect their time. And that doesn’t mean you have to work yourself to death.

· Robin SharmaHe distinguished disciplined time management from overwork.

“I know it’s a cliché, but I know exceptional people who protect their time. And that doesn’t mean you have to work yourself to death,” he said. He added that for 25 years, his books had carried the same message: “Don’t work yourself to death.”

For 25 years, in my books, I have said: don’t work yourself to death.

· Robin SharmaSharma summarized the long-running message in his books about avoiding burnout.

His latest book, The Wealth Money Can’t Buy, expands that philosophy beyond efficiency and income. Sharma said the book does include making money, but treats financial success as only one part of a broader understanding of wealth and a fulfilling life.

And yes, it includes making money.

· Robin SharmaHe clarified that his broader definition of wealth still includes financial success.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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