Simon Sinek Quotes
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It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win.
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Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.
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The confident ask questions to learn what will connect. The insecure just keep talking with the hope something will stick.
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We must be clear about where we’re going if we want anyone to help us get there.
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A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers.
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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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When we can communicate from the inside out, we're talking directly to the part of the brain that controls behavior, and then we allow people to rationalize it with the tangible things we say and do. This is where gut decisions come from.
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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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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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The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.
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The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.
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Some good leaders are rough around the edges and some leaders are difficult. Some have difficult personalities and some are really nice to be around, but those are not the qualifications. The qualifications are their desire to see us achieve more, their desire to push us to be the best we can be. Not for their selfish gain, but because they believe that we have something to offer.
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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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A leader's job is not to do the work for others; it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.
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Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.
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Too many people write books as a calling card.
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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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Profit isn't a purpose, it's a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.
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Leadership isn't answering the questions others ask. Leadership is asking others to answer their own questions.
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Trust has two dimensions: competence and integrity. We will forgive mistakes of competence. Mistakes of integrity are harder to overcome.
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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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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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Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize.
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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.