Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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When you start with why, which decision you make becomes very easy. It is so hard to do when you may suffer a short term loss or you may lose out on some short term gain. But in the long run it's way more powerful and way more stable.
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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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Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right
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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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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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Offer your strengths to others and you'll be amazed how many people offer their strengths to you.
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The creatives are rarely professional and the professionals are rarely creative.
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Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.
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Anyone who achieves any kind of success, however you want to define it, sometimes can't let go of it.
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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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Start with why. And work really hard to make sure you're consistent.
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Emails get reactions. Phone calls start conversations.
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What is a company that believes in good, clean family entertainment doing making R-rated pictures.
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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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Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making.
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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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Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.
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Every one of us has the capacity to lead.
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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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The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.
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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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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.