Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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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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Dr. King gave the "I have a dream" speech, not the "I have a plan" speech.
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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 irony is that the best thing we can do is, well one option, is to quit job we don't like. You don't always have to quit, and quite frankly, option two is to try to help others solve the problem that you are struggling with.
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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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Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.
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I was always curious why certain marketing worked and some marketing did not.
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Leadership is not a rank or a position, it is a choice - a choice to look after the person to the left of us & the person to the right of us.
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Intelligence looks for what is known to solve problems. Creativity looks for what is unknown to discover possibilities.
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The responsibility of the company is to help the people, grow as people. If we can do that, then the company will grow as a company.
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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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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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I'm interested in the left side of the Bell Curve.
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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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I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.
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Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.
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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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A leader is the one who speaks last and acts first.
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What I understand about this concept of why is that it functions exactly the same way as parenting or exercise or any of these things we claim to invest in.
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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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Our survival depends on our ability to form trusting relationships.
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Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.
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Most organizations only focus on WHAT they do and HOW they do it - tactics and strategies - and they aren't even aware that this thing called the WHY exists. Focusing on only two pieces of a three piece puzzle leaves an organization, or a career, inherently out of balance. Being out of balance, only operating on two of the three pieces, shows up in different ways - increased stress, loss of passion, obsession with what your competition is doing, being forced to play the price game, trouble differentiating. These are all signs that the WHY is missing.