Simon Sinek Quotes
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Knowledge is understanding based on what has been studied and learned. Wisdom is understanding based on what has been felt and experienced.
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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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If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent.
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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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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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The confident ask questions to learn what will connect. The insecure just keep talking with the hope something will stick.
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I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.
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During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.
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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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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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The creatives are rarely professional and the professionals are rarely creative.
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You have to have a patience for relationships.
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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 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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What is a company that believes in good, clean family entertainment doing making R-rated pictures.
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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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Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right
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If we care about the average working American, then Wal-Mart matters. A lot.
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The value we provide most to others is the same value we appreciate most from others.
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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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The people who say,"What guarantee do I have?" I walk away. I'll get you later.
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All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.
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Too many people write books because they want to be a New York Times best-seller. They want the glory and the fame.
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Success is when reality catches up to your imagination.