Simon Sinek Quotes
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The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.
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When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone.
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No matter when or where, always bring your 'A' game, because you never know when it will open doors for you.
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I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.
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People will do as they are told by someone who outranks them, but they will only follow someone they believe in.
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A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.
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There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.
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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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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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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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The world is a bell curve. Classroom test scores, employee performance in a company or how many people really, really like you. No matter the population you're studying, they always fit neatly across the standard deviations of the famous bell curve.
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Givers advance the world. Takers advance themselves and hold the world back
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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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The worst leaders are the once that think they have to know as much or more than the people who work with them. The best leaders are the once who know that their employees know hell of a lot more than what they know and willing to admit it whilst expressing the value of their employees.
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Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.
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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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Employees represent an opportunity to inspire not a burden to carry.
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Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.
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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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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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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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Leaders may inspire, but only when the people decide to act does the leader's vision become a movement.
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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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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.