Simon Sinek Quotes
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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 have to have a patience for relationships.
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If we care about the average working American, then Wal-Mart matters. A lot.
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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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To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.
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There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.
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Work with people who believe what you believe.
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The leader's job is to lead and protect. Not have all the answers, not know everything to do, not to micromanage and tell people what to do or how to do it. A leader's job is to lead and protect. That's their job, and it's the people within the organization - their job is to get the work done.
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Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it.
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It's better to do it than to talk about how perfect it could be.
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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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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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We have no choice, we must all die. How we live, however, is entirely of our choosing.
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You [should] persist even though there are some short-term stresses and even though there is some uncertainty, because it's the right thing to do.
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Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right
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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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My challenge is to make sure the things I say and the things I do remain consistent for as often and as long as possible. My why is to inspire people to do the things that inspire them so that together we can change our world. That's why I wake up every single day. I'm agnostic to the form it takes: I teach, I write, I speak, I advise.
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The only way to 'find out if it will work out' is to do it.
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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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Don't freak yourself out by what other people have. They don't have what you've got.
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It's ok if others share our ideas as long as they build upon them. It's called progress.
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A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do.
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If you're going to undertake any project, like a book, you have to show up to give.