Simon Sinek Quotes
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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 courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.
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Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.
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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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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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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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Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.
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We think leadership is about rank and power, but better to think of leadership as the responsibility for other human beings. That leadership and rank may not go together. So it manifests in this remarkable way.
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We live in times of high stress. Messages that are simple, messages that are inspiring, messages that are life-affirming, are a welcome break from our real lives.
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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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Changing the world takes more than everything any one person knows, but not more than we know together.
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True strength is the courage to admit our weaknesses.
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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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Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.
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Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.
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Communication is not about speaking what we think. Communication is about ensuring others hear what we mean.
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Inspire people to do the things that inspire them and, together, we can change our world.
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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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We must be clear about where we’re going if we want anyone to help us get there.
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The difference between those who do and those who don't is that those who don't believe it when they are told they can't.
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Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize.
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Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care.
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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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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.