Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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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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When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.
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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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Selfish is easy. It's sharing that takes courage.
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The new is threatening to those who have mastered the old.
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Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.
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The concept of why is already in the vernacular. It is now a noun. "That company doesn't know their why." "They need to learn their why." "That politician needs to understand his why." We talk about it as a noun. That never existed prior to 2009. That never existed prior to 2006 when I first started articulating it. This is the most amazing thing to me. It has now become a concept. It's part of the way we think about businesses and transactions and decisions.
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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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We are drawn to leaders and organizations that are good at communicating what they believe. Their ability to make us feel like we belong, to make us feel special, safe and not alone is part of what gives them the ability to inspire us.
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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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Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.
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What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.
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I was never a writer.
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It's better to go slowly in the right direction than go speeding off in the wrong direction.
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Give someone responsibility and they will do their best. Make them accountable and they will do even better.
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Fight against something and you focus on the thing you hate. Fight for something and you focus on the thing you love.
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Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, then try to figure out a process of how to get it. People who shouldn't be entrepreneurs see the standard process they need to go through to get the thing they want or need then decide if they want to go through that process.
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Givers advance the world. Takers advance themselves and hold the world back
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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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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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Too many people write books as a calling card.
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Dr. King gave the "I have a dream" speech, not the "I have a plan" speech.