Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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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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Failure is not tied to money; it is a mindset. Failure is when we accept the lot we are given.
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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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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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The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard.' The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishab le.
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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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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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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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Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.
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We think that we all have to like each other before we trust each other and that necessarily is not the case.
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Vision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past.
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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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Great leaders state out loud what they intend to do and in doing so, they get things done.
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Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.
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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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The only way to 'find out if it will work out' is to do it.
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Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right
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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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Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.
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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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People have accused me of only working with good companies. No I don't. I work with some very dysfunctional companies or unbelievably dysfunctional organizations. The people that bring me in know what they're doing won't work for the future. They know they want to change and they want to change for the right reasons. They believe what I believe and that's why they called me.
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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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It's better to do it than to talk about how perfect it could be.