Meet SA-loving leadership guru Robin Sharma, author of bestselling 5AM Club

There are welcome surprises in this captivating podcast with Canadian author and leadership guru Robin Sharma, whose latest book, "The 5AM Club", has added to an already huge army of fans. Among them is hearing the former litigation lawyer whose book sales now top 15m, spent four years on his latest bestseller, with much of the writing done in Franschoek and Cape Town. They, together with Robben Island, feature prominently in what for me is his best book yet. I became a Sharma fan after one of his presentations some years back encouraged my adoption of starting each day when the rest of mankind is sleeping. In this engaging discussion, Sharma elaborates on some of the book's practical, habit-creating suggestions, talks about his love for SA and influence of Nelson Mandela and his views on why the world is going through such stress right now - and how best to handle it. - Alec Hogg