Simon Sinek Quotes
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Too many people write books as a calling card.
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All these companies that grew to any sizable proportions were all founded with a belief or a cause bigger than their products or services. It was their products or services that helped them bring that cause to life.
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I'm interested in the left side of the Bell Curve.
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To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.
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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 should invest in people not ideas. A good idea is often destroyed by bad people and good people can always make a bad idea better.
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I was always curious why certain marketing worked and some marketing did not.
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Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.
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The only time I waste is time I spend doing something that, in my gut, I know I shouldn't. If I choose to spend time playing video games or sleeping in, then it's time well spent, because I chose to do it. I did it for a reason - to relax, to decompress or to feel good, and that was what I wanted to do.
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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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Value is not determined by those who set the price. Value is determined by those who choose to pay it.
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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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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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Courage isn't inside; it's external. It comes from someone else telling you they believe in you.
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It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi.' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else.
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We think leadership is about rank and power, but better to think of leadership as the responsibility for other human beings. That leadership and rank may not go together. So it manifests in this remarkable way.
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Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.
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Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.
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I can't stand those people, speakers in a room, they say this all the time, "If I can just help one person in this room, I've done my job." You have an audience of 500 people and your standard of success is one person? That's terrible. If you help one person in the room, you're an abject failure. You have to change something.
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Greatness is not born from one success. Greatness is born from persevering through the countless failed attempts that preceded.
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True strength is the courage to admit our weaknesses.
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I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight.
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The hardest part is starting. Once you get that out of the way, you'll find the rest of the journey much easier.
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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.