The Monk who sold his Ferrari is a fable written by famous motivational writer Mr. Robin S. Sharma. This book through the medium of a fable tries to give some unique lessons for living a healthy and fulfilling life in present stressful world. Today’s world is running very fast and therefore most the people are not able to get time for their own betterment. We remain highly busy in achieving goals and earning money; however we forget to consider about health. Sometime, when people have everything in world, but unfortunately, they do not have health to enjoy all this. Although most of the principles dealt with can be found in countless other books on self help and spirituality, there is a difference in the way of Sharma has put things together.

The Monk who sold his Ferrari is a book written with the purpose in mind to educate people about giving full importance to all elements of life like health and peace. It focuses on the benefits of good health and peaceful life.

This well crafted story by Robin S Sharma is the tale of Julian Mantle, a lawyer brought face to face with a spiritual crisis. Julian’s spark of life begins to flicker. He embarks on a life-changing odyssey and discovers the ancient culture of India. During this journey he learns the value of time as the most important commodity and how to cherish relationships, develop joyful thoughts and live fully.

The eleven chapters are meticulously planned and flow seamlessly from one to the next. Julian Mantle, a very successful lawyer was the epitome of success. John, who is a friend as well as co-worker of Julian, narrates the story. He begins by describing Julian’s flamboyant life style. He has achieved everything that most of us would ever want: professional success with seven figure income, a grand mansion in a neighbourhood inhabited by celebrities, a private jet, a summer home on a tropical island and a shiny red Ferrari. Suddenly he has to come terms with the unexpected effects of his unbalanced lifestyle.

Julian Mantle collapses in the courtroom, sweating and shivering. His obsession with work has caused this heart attack. The last few years Julian had worked day and night without caring about his mental and physical health. That helped him become rich and successful lawyer but took a toll on his health and mental state. At fifty three he looked seventy and had lost his sense of humor . Julian refused to meet any of his friends and colleagues at the hospital. One fine day he quit his law firm and took off without saying where he was headed.

Three years passed without any news from Julian. One day he paid a visit to his friend and former colleague john, who was now a cynical older lawyer. But Julian, in the past three years, had been miraculously transformed into a healthy man with physical vitality and spiritual strength.

Following his heart attack Julian Mantle had sold all his property (yes his Ferrari too) and left for India. The author tells about Julian’s Indian odyssey, how he met the sages of Sivana who had a life changing effect on him. Julian Mantle shares his story of transformation, his secrets of a happy and fulfilling life with his friend John. Julian relates his experiences with yogi Raman the leader of sages of Sivana and the person who taught Julian his secret of a happy and fulfilling life.

This book stresses on the need of regular meditation, exercise and positive attitude, through which a person can achieve ultimate personality and look twenty years younger. Robin Sharma has presented number of facts very logically in the form of story. Book is able to maintain interest of its readers and definitely one can improve his life by maintaining a balance between health and work. All these qualities qualify this book for everyone’s personal library!