Simon Sinek Quotes
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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 quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
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Failure is not tied to money; it is a mindset. Failure is when we accept the lot we are given.
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I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.
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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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If you're looking for a book that will spike in sales and then go away and then spike again when it comes out in paperback, your normal model, I definitely won't give you that.
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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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Changing the world takes more than everything any one person knows, but not more than we know together.
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The true value of a leader is not measured by the work they do. A leader's true value is measured by the work they inspire others to do.
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If I walk into a room of 500 people, my standard is, if I can't give 400 or 450 of you something, a language or a new way of seeing something, then I have failed. If I get 100 of you, I am a failure. I have to get a majority.
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Remember to connect with people now and then. In fact, pick up the phone, right now, and call a friend for no other reason than to say hi.
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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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If you're going to undertake any project, like a book, you have to show up to give.
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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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Offer your strengths to others and you'll be amazed how many people offer their strengths to you.
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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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You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us.
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Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.
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A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.
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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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Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.
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Optimists focus on the place they are going. Pessimists focus on the obstacles along the route. To become an optimist simply look ahead.
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Look down from as high as possible. Look ahead as far as you can see. Then decide what to do.
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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.