Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Truly effective and inspiring leaders aren’t actually driven to lead people; they are driven to serve them.
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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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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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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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We don't learn much when everything goes right. We learn the most when things go wrong.
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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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Great leaders give everyone something to believe in, not something to do.
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We can not lead an organization, we can run an organization. We can only lead people.
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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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What I'm doing is obeying the law of diffusion of innovations.
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If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.
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Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse.
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Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us.
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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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You have to write a book because you believe it has helped you, because you believe it has helped others personally and you are dying to share with it others because you know it will add value to their lives. You write it for them like a gift. You don't want anything from them. You don't want them to do anything for you. You don't even care if they all share the book with their friends, they don't all have to buy them. You're just dying to share this idea with people. Your challenge is to write it in a way that is compelling, enjoyable to read so that they will get the idea.