in the early 90s a successful litigation lawyer from a small town in canada realised that the world of material things that his profession brought him was just not enough the emptiness inside made robin sharma turn to reading about the lives of great men which led him to write a book on his process and journey in his early thirties then he selfpublished the book which his mother edited for him at a 24hour photo copy shop the book the monk who sold his ferrari 1997 became a hit and theres been no looking back since over the years he has written around 15 motivational books and sold them in 70 languages he was in mumbai recently to promote his latest book and the crossword bookstore hosted him in an interview with bt robin spoke about his connect with this city his love for music and moretell us about the time you made a transition from being a successful lawyer to a bestselling authori was successful as a lawyer yet empty success without soulfulness is an empty victory so i started exploring different philosophies and modalities to bring greater joy and peace to my life in the process i discovered some very powerful tools and wrote about them in the monk who sold his ferrari that launched my career as an authoryour father is an indian but you were brought up in the east coast of canada how do you look back at your connection with india and its valuesmy father is from kashmir so i was raised with indian values in fact our home was filled with books of indian philosophy i adore the country for its varied cultures art food and people so when i come down to mumbai it always feels very very special for mesince you make a mention of mumbai what do you love most about the cityits people my readers in mumbai are among the most passionate and wonderful in the world i did an event for the new book in the city recently and was overwhelmed by the response such thoughtful questions and such human connections i also love the food here i had dinner with my publisher at a restaurant in lower parel recently which i enjoyed thoroughly leadership coach author humanitarian motivational speaker which of these do you identify with the mosti dont see myself as a motivational speaker at all to me the term motivation is fleeting and thats not what im about my presentations share real insights that help real people perform at their best elevate their impact and lead greater lives i identify most with humanitarian as i care deeply about people materialising their potential as well as doing my best to make the world a better place for all of us were in a time of exceptional volatility and i believe we all must do our parts to be even more excellent courageous and kind peopleyour books have inspired people across the globe tell us