Robin Sharma on Finding Your Purpose | GREAT MOMENTS
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Hello everyone, my name is Jamie Lang and this is Great Moments. Well, hello, everyone. I hope you're having a fabulous start to 2026. Let's freaking go. Come on, right? It's the new year. Now, last week, I reshared one of my favorite ever episodes with the extraordinary Alain de Bottin. He's amazing. And it reminded me just how many incredible guests we've had in great company and how many moments from those conversations have really stayed with me. So each week, I'll bring you one standout moment, something that's made me think. made me laugh, maybe even made me cry or change my perspective. And hopefully, hopefully there's something in it for you too. So are you ready? Let's get into it.
You talk about 90% of your joy comes from your partner.
That feels like a lot of percent. And you really think that?
I'm blessed to have an amazing partner to share life with. Her name is Elle. She's waiting for me to return. I've been on the road for three weeks. So day after tomorrow, I will be back home. She's waiting for me with our little dog, Holly, who's a five-pound Chorky. I call her Super Chum because she's with me all the time. And I have found that 90% of your joy comes from your life partner. And if you don't believe me, and I know you're not, but find a partner, and I've seen this in people's lives, but find a partner who creates nonstop drama. and see how your life looks in every other dimension. It just consumes you. If you hang around with energy vampires and dream stealers, it just completely messes up your life.
And some people get in situations, and I've seen it happen, where they pick the wrong partner and they're dealing with the implications for 15 years. Some people, there's a lot of projection in relationships. It's another old idea, which is heal what hurts you so you don't bleed on people who didn't cut you. So a lot of people, we all bring our... Our history.
I was going to say baggage, but history is a better way.
Baggage is right.
History is a better way of putting it.
We all bring our trauma. We all bring our trauma. And I find choosing someone who might have lighter trauma leads to a simpler life.
I, for many years, dated a lot and never found anyone that I really, truly loved. And I was probably negative for them and likewise all the way around. And then I met my wife and she was my greatest friend. And truth is, she was my great friend. And one day she walked out in a bikini and I went, oh, my God.
How does Robin Sharma define joy in relationships?
And I suddenly thought, God, you're... you're a, you're a chick. I was like, this is, I was like, hi. And, and, and we, and since that day when I met her, my life has done this. It is only got better. Yes. It's had downs and ups and things like that. And I, so I kind of totally agree with your philosophy and that's why it connected with me so much. However, There are people who haven't found love and they are finding it hard to find love. So would it be easier then to, if 90% of your joy comes from your partner, why wouldn't you just stay single? Why wouldn't you just not find a life partner and just go through life just looking after yourself?
Well, the great thing about a human life is we get to live it how we want to. So I'm in no way saying here's a certain way to live. That chapter is just a reminder for people who are in a relationship or looking for a relationship about how important your relationship with – a significant other is. I was smiling as you were speaking because I thought about one of the other chapters in the family section, which is the 10,000 dinners question. And it sort of speaks to your relationship with your wife. And so Ayesha, I was reading the Financial Times and Ayesha Vardag was interviewed. And Ayesha Vardag, in case you haven't heard of her or not familiar, she's one of the UK's top divorce lawyers. She's worked with the superstar footballers
the movie stars, et cetera. And she was asked, you know, Ayesha, you've seen so many relationships fall apart. What's your advice for a great relationship? First thing she said was separate bedrooms.
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