The Robot and the Gardener

From the #1 bestselling author of The 5AM Club and The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari comes a story about becoming more human—not less—and discovering that our greatest power lies not in what we can do, but in who we choose to be. Returning to the parable form of his massive global bestsellers, Robin Sharma in The Robot and the Gardener shows us it's never too late to stop performing and start living—and that our greatest worth comes not from optimizing ourselves into oblivion, but from honoring what makes us human. Meet Niko, a talented coder who lives the kind of life people strive for: good pay, decent-enough work. But lately, his days blur together. Somewhere along the way, he stopped being a person and started being a function. When his grandfather—a legendary tech billionaire—suddenly dies, Niko finds himself unexpectedly confronted by a painful past. At the cemetery after his grandfather’s funeral, a gardener presents him with an unusual offer: to meet at dawn and learn the principles for living a "defiantly human" life. The invitation strikes Niko as odd, but something pulls at him, and he agrees. Over nine Sundays, Niko receives instruction in a curriculum for a soulful life, steeped in the wisdom shaped from witnessing thousands of funerals and identifying what makes a life truly well-lived, without regret. With the gardener's guidance, Niko begins restoring what technology has stolen, through rituals like: unearthing your buried gifts forging unbreakable resilience through presence choosing attention over automation Filled with powerful rituals and tools, The Robot and the Gardener will help you discover new energy for the kind of life that feels like yours.