Simon Sinek Quotes
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We invest in things like the future, like our children, like education. In other words, we invest in things that we understand we will not see an immediate return of investment but everybody knows it will have a positive impact and you can easily measure it over the course of time. Your why is exactly the same thing.
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Dr. King gave the "I have a dream" speech, not the "I have a plan" speech.
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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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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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Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.
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Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.
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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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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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There is a difference between offering a service and being willing to serve. They may both include giving but only one is generous.
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I cannot tell you how long it takes for your exercise to work. If you haven't seen any results in a year or six months you're doing something wrong.
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If we were good at everything we would have no need for each other.
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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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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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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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The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.
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If we inspire people, they will give us more than we asked for. If we manipulate them, they will give us exactly what we paid for
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I'm very prescriptive about who I work with.
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Failure is not tied to money; it is a mindset. Failure is when we accept the lot we are given.
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Systems and processes are essential to keep the crusade going, but they should not replace the crusade.
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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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The responsibility of the company is to help the people, grow as people. If we can do that, then the company will grow as a company.
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Rule books tell people what to do. Frameworks guide people how to act. Rule books insist on discipline. Frameworks allow for creativity.
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Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful.
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One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.