Simon Sinek Quotes
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The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.
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The value we provide most to others is the same value we appreciate most from others.
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I need an army. I need people out there who are either preaching with me to different audiences that I can't get to or who are implementing the work and helping people actually learn their why or practice their why or implement their why because I don't do that.
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A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.
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Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of Why we want it.
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Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.
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Leaders may inspire, but only when the people decide to act does the leader's vision become a movement.
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Some see risk as a reason not to try. Some see it as an obstacle to overcome. The risk is the same; to try or not depends on your perspective.
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Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.
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The new is threatening to those who have mastered the old.
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I'm pretty confident the why works now. When it first began, somebody said to me: "Will this work in big business?" I said, "I don't know. Let's try." Somebody said will this work in entrepreneurs, relationships or government and military. I said, "I don't know. Let's try." I kept applying the scientific method. I had a theory. I kept applying that theory, looking for opportunities to fail and it kept working.
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There are two kinds of experts: academic experts and practical experts. One is not better than the other, but they are very different, and each offers very different value.
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The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.
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The true value of a leader is not measured by the work they do. A leader's true value is measured by the work they inspire others to do.
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I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors.
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Simple ideas are easier to understand. Ideas that are easier to understand are repeated. Ideas that are repeated change the world.
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When a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees.
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The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail. No matter what we know they are there to support us and see us do well. Leaders are exactly the same.
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Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful.
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Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly.
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I never imagined I'd be working with government, or military or politicians or big companies. None of this stuff I'm doing was on any business plan anywhere ever.
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To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject.
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If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent.
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We should never let reality interfere with our dreams. Reality can't see what we can see.