Simon Sinek Quotes
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I can't stand those people, speakers in a room, they say this all the time, "If I can just help one person in this room, I've done my job." You have an audience of 500 people and your standard of success is one person? That's terrible. If you help one person in the room, you're an abject failure. You have to change something.
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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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You have to have a patience for relationships.
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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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A leader's job is not to do the work for others; it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.
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A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.
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Start with why. And work really hard to make sure you're consistent.
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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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Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize.
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Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.
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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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It's ok if others share our ideas as long as they build upon them. It's called progress.
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The creatives are rarely professional and the professionals are rarely creative.
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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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To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.
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My own career is a case study for what I believe in.
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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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Work with people who believe what you believe.
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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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Don't freak yourself out by what other people have. They don't have what you've got.
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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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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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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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Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right