Simon Sinek Quotes
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There's only one why. You only have one why, and your why is fully formed by the time you're 17, 18 or 19years old, maybe even earlier. The rest of your life are simply opportunities to either live in or out of balance and the career choices we make and the decisions we make in our lives either put us in balance with our why, which makes us happy, fulfilled and inspired. Or it puts us out of our why, which makes us frustrated, stressed out and sometimes we fail.
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Our reputations do not come from how we talk about ourselves. Our reputations come from how others talk about us.
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The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.
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I don't consider myself an expert in the why. I don't consider myself an expert in leadership. I consider myself a student of leadership and I consider myself a student of the why. I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly looking for opportunities where it it will fail.
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My sister made certain choices about the life she wanted. Those choices include a steady job, a husband and children. But balance and stability come at a cost. It is harder for her to be spontaneous. It is harder to just up and leave.
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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 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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Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership.
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The worst leaders are the once that think they have to know as much or more than the people who work with them. The best leaders are the once who know that their employees know hell of a lot more than what they know and willing to admit it whilst expressing the value of their employees.
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Trust is maintained when values and beliefs are actively managed. If companies do not actively work to keep clarity, discipline and consistency in balance, then trust starts to break down.
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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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People have accused me of only working with good companies. No I don't. I work with some very dysfunctional companies or unbelievably dysfunctional organizations. The people that bring me in know what they're doing won't work for the future. They know they want to change and they want to change for the right reasons. They believe what I believe and that's why they called me.
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I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.
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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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A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence.
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Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their organization who have authority. We have to do what they say because they have authority over us. But they're not leaders. We wouldn't follow them. They may be at the top of the company but they're not leaders.
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It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.
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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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A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers.
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I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.
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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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Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.
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A friend is an emotional bond, just like friendship is a human experience.
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The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.