The Daily Mastery Podcast by Robin Sharma Run Your Own Race (The First Lesson My Mentor Taught Me)
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Mar 24, 2026 A reflection on why finding a mentor can accelerate your growth and save years of trial and error. A personal story about a neighbor who taught the value of staying in your own lane. A clear lesson about running your own race instead of comparing to others. A focus on vision, discipline, and measuring success by your own values.
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Run Your Own Race
- Run your own race instead of measuring success by peers or competitors.
- Robin Sharma recounts a mentor telling him on seaside forest walks at age 21 to stay in his lane and focus on his own mountaintop.
You Become Your Influences
- We become our influences and perform like the people we surround ourselves with.
- Sharma emphasizes populating life with mentors who are at a higher level to elevate thinking and performance.
Mentor Walks On The East Coast
- At 21 Sharma lived in a small east coast Canadian city and befriended a high-performing financial mentor.
- They took long forest-and-seaside walks where the mentor distilled the lesson: run your own race.
