Simon Sinek Quotes
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Dr. King gave the "I have a dream" speech, not the "I have a plan" speech.
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Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.
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We invest in things like the future, like our children, like education. In other words, we invest in things that we understand we will not see an immediate return of investment but everybody knows it will have a positive impact and you can easily measure it over the course of time. Your why is exactly the same thing.
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The new is threatening to those who have mastered the old.
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Givers advance the world. Takers advance themselves and hold the world back
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Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful.
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I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.
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Inspire people to do the things that inspire them and, together, we can change our world.
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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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Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second.
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A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.
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I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it.
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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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Most politicians are not authentic.
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We should never let reality interfere with our dreams. Reality can't see what we can see.
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Greatness is not born from one success. Greatness is born from persevering through the countless failed attempts that preceded.
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I cannot tell you on a day to day basis that there's a return on investment. I can tell you if you stick with it, absolutely in a few months things will start to change. It starts to change slowly. Things start to get a little easier. As the momentum builds it becomes bigger and bigger.
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My concern is that we live in an economy in which stabbing someone and waiting for them to complain before we remove the knife has become the normal way of doing business. When did we lose sight of the fact that it's not nice to stab people in the first place?
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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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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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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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I put messages out there that start with why and they talk about what I believe. They go on to demonstrate and give examples. If it resonates with others, those with whom it resonates will share it with their friends and say, "This inspired me. You should watch it. You should read this."
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Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us.
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Intelligence looks for what is known to solve problems. Creativity looks for what is unknown to discover possibilities.