Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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Great companies don’t hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them. People are either motivated or they are not. Unless you give motivated people something to believe in, something bigger than their job to work toward, they will motivate themselves to find a new job and you’ll be stuck with whoever’s left.
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We are only in charge when we are willing to let others take charge.
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If somebody wants to learn their why, either you help them or send them over to their course. All of this stuff helps.
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The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.
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Trust doesn't develop from always doing the right thing. Trust comes from taking responsibility when we do the wrong thing.
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Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is.
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The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.
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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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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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Authenticity is more than speaking; Authenticity is also about doing. Every decision we make says something about who we are.
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The only time I waste is time I spend doing something that, in my gut, I know I shouldn't. If I choose to spend time playing video games or sleeping in, then it's time well spent, because I chose to do it. I did it for a reason - to relax, to decompress or to feel good, and that was what I wanted to do.
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A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.
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No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud.
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Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.
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People who go to work to be a part of the cause don't go home. They are home. Now - who wants to quit?
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Following takes why. Transactions take what. It has to be real. It has to be the same for writing a book.
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I'm interested in the left side of the Bell Curve.
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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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To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.
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The value we provide most to others is the same value we appreciate most from others.
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Value is a perception not a calculation. Value is something people feel, not something we tell them they get
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Most politicians are not authentic.
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What I thought I developed all of those years ago was a pattern to understand communication.