Simon Sinek Quotes
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How can you help the human race progress?
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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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You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us.
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A leader is the one who speaks last and acts first.
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We live in times of high stress. Messages that are simple, messages that are inspiring, messages that are life-affirming, are a welcome break from our real lives.
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We must be clear about where we’re going if we want anyone to help us get there.
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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 value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.
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The difference between those who do and those who don't is that those who don't believe it when they are told they can't.
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When my books came out, they started selling but they started selling at a relatively consistent but low pace. And they started to pick up the pace.
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I was never a writer.
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The new is threatening to those who have mastered the old.
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Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership.
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Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves.
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What I thought I developed all of those years ago was a pattern to understand communication.
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When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.
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It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.
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When you start with why, which decision you make becomes very easy. It is so hard to do when you may suffer a short term loss or you may lose out on some short term gain. But in the long run it's way more powerful and way more stable.
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Very few people or companies can clearly articulate WHY they do WHAT they do. By WHY I mean your purpose, cause or belief - WHY does your company exist? WHY do you get out of bed every morning? And WHY should anyone care?
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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.