Simon Sinek Quotes
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If you go to the gym and you come home and look into the mirror, you'll see nothing. If you go the next day and you come home, you will see nothing. In fact sometimes you're in pain.
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When someone asks for your time, and you put your phone away to talk to them... that's leadership.
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Truly effective and inspiring leaders aren’t actually driven to lead people; they are driven to serve them.
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Some in management positions operate as if they are in a tree of monkeys. They make sure that everyone at the top of the tree looking down sees only smiles. But all too often, those at the bottom looking up see only asses.
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It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.
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Work hard to seem infallible and others will work to find our flaws. Admit our shortcomings and others will work to help us be infallible.
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It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.
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I have friends who are majorly into the cosplay culture and have urged me to go to a convention for no other reason than to meet others like me.
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When leaders care less about their people, their people will be careless.
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Great communicators don't just hear the words. Great communicators hear the meaning behind the words
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Great leaders give everyone something to believe in, not something to do.
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We don't learn much when everything goes right. We learn the most when things go wrong.
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Multi-millionaires who pay half or less than half of the percentage of tax the rest of us pay justify their actions by saying they pay what the law requires. Though true, the fact is they found ways within the law to beat the purpose of the law - which, in the case of taxes, is that we all pay our fair share.
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The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.
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Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.
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Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn't marry someone for the 'operational efficiencies' they offer in the running of a household, then why would you combine two companies with unique cultures and identities for that reason?
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If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.
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Success always takes help. Failure is done alone.
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Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.
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Unhealthy cultures create addiction. Healthy cultures create social bonds.
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We'd achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.
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When we have a clear sense of our destination, we can be flexible in the route we take to reach it.
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The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.
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Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us.