As entrepreneurs, our personal happiness, the way we listen toand react to our staff, and the way we shape our own role at workall have profound effects on our companies, and ultimately, on howthey grow. But lasting change is difficult. I should know – Irecently achieved three major advances that I didn't think werepossible:

1. I pushed my wife to create more work-life balance with me,
2. I expressed compassion for a staff member facing personalchallenges that were getting in the way of her job, and
3. I redefined my #1 priority with my team at Round Table Companies(RTC) to focus on deepening relationships with potentialclients.

It wasn't easy, but I had a solid guide. Not long ago, I wasplaying around on Twitter, searching for people with influentialbusiness and leadership profiles who could review and possiblyshare my last Forbes piece. Author RobinSharma read and enjoyed the article, and challenged me toread his new book as a result. After looking at his site, I knew wewere in alignment, so I dove into his new book, The LeaderWho Had No Title.

Below are six key lessons I learned from Robin that you canapply to your own business success.

1. It's never too early to work on your dreambusiness. While he continued to practice law, Robinwould get to his local 24-hour coffee shop at 3:30 or 4:00 in themorning and write until he had to go to work at 8:00.