The Daily Mastery Podcast by Robin Sharma
Sep 3, 2026 · 6 min · 7 segments
We all have hard seasons. Stages where the ground on which we stand seems to crumble, nothing seems to be in our favor and the winter seems endless. To know pain, to endure suffering and to feel as…
And I will share with you that I have grown the most through my difficult experiences.
Sometimes people ask me in media interviews, do you have any regrets? And I always say, absolutely not.
Everything that's happened to me was grist for the mill and fodder for my growth.
Everything that happened to me, the amazing experiences, and the most tragic experiences were a necessary part of my evolution as a human being, and I would not trade them for anything.
And so I wear my scars with joy and respect as badges of honor of a human being who is flawed, trying to do his best.
And if you're going through a painful time right now, trust that everything is happening for the best and this too shall pass.
It is in the difficult times of our life, our difficult day, that you are being asked to learn empathy and understanding and forgiveness.
It is the adversity and the troubles that make us great if we choose not to be a victim, but say, hmm, I'm going through trouble.
How can I use this to develop forgiveness or understanding about that person who hurt me? Or I'm going through a difficult day or a difficult month or a difficult year.
How can I, rather than complaining about it and becoming bitter, how can I use it to open my heart and to become stronger and to get to know my gifts and my talents? I was once on an airplane flying to Paris, and I was next to an artist, and he told me, he said, I pick relationship partners who break my heart.
And I said, why? And he said, because when my heart is broken, I do my best work.
When I have gone through the most difficult experiences of my life, I've always turned to a book by the great Lebanese poet, Khalil Gibran, and it's called The Prophet.
And there's a particular chapter on pain that I read in those dark times of my life.
And I will share with you that I have grown the most through my difficult experiences.
Sometimes people ask me in media interviews, do you have any regrets? And I always say, absolutely not.
Everything that's happened to me was grist for the mill and fodder for my growth.
Everything that happened to me, the amazing experiences, and the most tragic experiences were a necessary part of my evolution as a human being, and I would not trade them for anything.
And so I wear my scars with joy and respect as badges of honor of a human being who is flawed, trying to do his best.
And if you're going through a painful time right now, trust that everything is happening for the best and this too shall pass.
It is in the difficult times of our life, our difficult day, that you are being asked to learn empathy and understanding and forgiveness.
It is the adversity and the troubles that make us great if we choose not to be a victim, but say, hmm, I'm going through trouble.
How can I use this to develop forgiveness or understanding about that person who hurt me? Or I'm going through a difficult day or a difficult month or a difficult year.
How can I, rather than complaining about it and becoming bitter, how can I use it to open my heart and to become stronger and to get to know my gifts and my talents? I was once on an airplane flying to Paris, and I was next to an artist, and he told me, he said, I pick relationship partners who break my heart.
And I said, why? And he said, because when my heart is broken, I do my best work.
When I have gone through the most difficult experiences of my life, I've always turned to a book by the great Lebanese poet, Khalil Gibran, and it's called The Prophet.
And there's a particular chapter on pain that I read in those dark times of my life.
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