Simon Sinek Quotes
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What we do for others has a direct impact on how we feel about ourselves.
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When you start with why, which decision you make becomes very easy. It is so hard to do when you may suffer a short term loss or you may lose out on some short term gain. But in the long run it's way more powerful and way more stable.
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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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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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People who go to work to be a part of the cause don't go home. They are home. Now - who wants to quit?
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Most organizations only focus on WHAT they do and HOW they do it - tactics and strategies - and they aren't even aware that this thing called the WHY exists. Focusing on only two pieces of a three piece puzzle leaves an organization, or a career, inherently out of balance. Being out of balance, only operating on two of the three pieces, shows up in different ways - increased stress, loss of passion, obsession with what your competition is doing, being forced to play the price game, trouble differentiating. These are all signs that the WHY is missing.
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Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful.
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Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.
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I need an army. I need people out there who are either preaching with me to different audiences that I can't get to or who are implementing the work and helping people actually learn their why or practice their why or implement their why because I don't do that.
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I was always curious why certain marketing worked and some marketing did not.
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Stories are our attempts to share our values & beliefs with the hopes that we may attract those who believe what we believe. This is the basis of forming a trusting relationship. Story telling, therefor, is only worthwhile when it tells what you stand for, not what you do.
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A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers.
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Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.
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I'm very prescriptive about who I work with.
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Every company knows what they do Some know how they do it Very few know why
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Changing the world takes more than everything any one person knows, but not more than we know together.
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Pursue the thing inside us and others will help us. Pursue the things outside us and others will compete with us.
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We are only in charge when we are willing to let others take charge.
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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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I'm interested in the left side of the Bell Curve.
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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. How can I help somebody I care about find the job they love? How can I help somebody I care about find happiness in their work? And when we commit to service it actually biologically and anthropologically is more likely to lead to our own success and our own happiness.
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Inspire people to do the things that inspire them and, together, we can change our world.
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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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Taking a job for the cash is not as important as taking a job for the joy.