Simon Sinek Quotes
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Our struggles are the short term lessons we learn to achieve long term success.
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Instead of showing up to let everyone know how great we are, show up to find out how great everyone else is.
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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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Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right
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Emails get reactions. Phone calls start conversations.
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So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.
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We all have the luxury of looking out for ourselves. Leaders also have the honor of looking out for others.
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Work with people who believe what you believe.
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What is a company that believes in good, clean family entertainment doing making R-rated pictures.
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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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Don't freak yourself out by what other people have. They don't have what you've got.
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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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When you show up to speak publically, you have to show up to give. You always know the ones who do and the ones who don't.
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You are authentic when everything you say and everything you do you ACTUALLY believe.
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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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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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It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi.' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else.
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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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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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There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.
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When I present, I cheat. I only talk about things I care about.
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Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.
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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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Outside advice can only tell you how a decision looks. Only you can know how it feels. The best decisions look and feel right.