Simon Sinek Quotes
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What I thought I developed all of those years ago was a pattern to understand communication.
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The value of networking is not measured by the number of people we meet but by the number of people we introduce to others.
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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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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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We think that we all have to like each other before we trust each other and that necessarily is not the case.
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We last longer if we compete against ourselves for the good of others instead of competing against others for the good of ourselves.
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A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work 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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We are all so preoccupied with ourselves. How can I get happy, how can I find the job I love, how can I become a millionaire, how can lose weight. Yet, the reality is that fulfillment, success and all of these good things comes from trying to help those that we care about to achieve those things.
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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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We are only in charge when we are willing to let others take charge.
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To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world.
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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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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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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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True #leadership isn't the bastion of a few who sit at the top ... We all need to step up, take the risk and put our interests second-not always-but when it counts.
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I'm building on purpose. I'm building that tipping point. I'm building that law of diffusion of innovation.
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Selfish is easy. It's sharing that takes courage.
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I was a nobody when I met with the publisher. Nobody knew who I was. I was doing some speaking for entrepreneurs. I did little groups. I had no following.
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Usually what happens is somebody grabs me and they always pull me off to the side. Nobody ever does it publically. They say, "I didn't want to be here." Or, "I don't usually like people like you." Or, "I didn't believe the things you actually talked about would work. I'm here to tell you that you converted me." That happens a lot.
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The new is threatening to those who have mastered the old.
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Value is a perception not a calculation. Value is something people feel, not something we tell them they get
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Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
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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?