Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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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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I cannot tell you on a day to day basis that there's a return on investment. I can tell you if you stick with it, absolutely in a few months things will start to change. It starts to change slowly. Things start to get a little easier. As the momentum builds it becomes bigger and bigger.
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What good is it to have a belly if there's no fire in it? Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work.
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I'm simply following the journey.
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Our survival depends on our ability to form trusting relationships.
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The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.
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Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is.
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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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Make it about them, not about you.
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Leaders don't convince people to follow them. Leaders walk forward alone and those who want to go down their path decide to follow.
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Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it.
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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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Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.
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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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I don't consider myself an expert in the why. I don't consider myself an expert in leadership. I consider myself a student of leadership and I consider myself a student of the why. I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly looking for opportunities where it it will fail.
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If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent.
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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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A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence.
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Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.
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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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The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
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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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Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action!