Robin Sharma

Sharma has published 12 other books, and founded the training company Sharma Leadership International.

• Name — Robin Sharma • Occupation — Author, speaker • Language — English • Citizenship — Canadian • Education — Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law • Genre — Self-help/motivational • Notable Works — The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO, Who Will Cry When You Die,The 5am Club • Website — www.robinsharma.com

Sharma is of Indian Ugandan origin. He was born in Mbale, Uganda in 1965 and emigrated to Winnipeg when he was a one year old and raised in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. His father was a physician and his mother a teacher, he has one brother (who is now an ophthalmologist). He attended Dalhousie University studying biology with a minor in romantic poetry and then completed a Master's degree in law there as well. Initially, he worked as a lawyer for both a firm and then the Department of Justice in Ottawa, but he says he couldn't find satisfaction or peace in it. Sharma started his writing career at the age of 25. He became widely known for his second book, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari self-published in 1997. After his second book became successful, he quit his career as a lawyer and became a full-time writer. His sixth book, The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO: A Remarkable Story About Living Your Heart's Desires, was released on October 1, 2002. Publishers Weekly wrote that the book "lacks any narrative drive, the characters are thinly rendered and the dialogue is almost comically wooden". Later, he became a public speaker..