Who Will Cry When You Die?: Life Lessons from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Louise Karch is a career consultant with Carswell Partners in London, Ontario.

Sharma, the author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and Leadership
Wisdom from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, has written a book of life
lessons. Structured as a series of 101 tips, the book covers, among
other topics, writing a legacy statement, carrying a goal card, living
by a daily code of conduct, volunteering, practising kindness, and
sending thank-you cards. Some of the ideas come from a genre Sharma
calls “wisdom literature,” and include everything from advice from
the Romans (“in a sound body rests a sound mind”) to New Age
suggestions to bless your money when it leaves your hand. One of the
more challenging keys of successful living, Sharma believes, is getting
up early; accordingly, he urges readers to make the effort to gain
membership in the elite “five o’clock club.

Interspersed throughout the book is a generous selection of quotations
from famous men, including Aristotle, Plato, and Benjamin Franklin.
Quotes from women of note are, unfortunately, in the distinct minority.
Sharma’s book is nevertheless worth reading.