Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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Systems and processes are essential to keep the crusade going, but they should not replace the crusade.
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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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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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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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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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Value is a perception not a calculation. Value is something people feel, not something we tell them they get
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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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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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Authenticity is more than speaking; Authenticity is also about doing. Every decision we make says something about who we are.
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I'm very prescriptive about who I work with.
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I never wanted to be a public speaker.
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A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there.
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Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.
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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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Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful.
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Most politicians are not authentic.
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You are authentic when everything you say and everything you do you ACTUALLY believe.
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When you show up to speak publically, you have to show up to give. You always know the ones who do and the ones who don't.
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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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Inspire people to do the things that inspire them and, together, we can change our world.
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A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.
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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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Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.