Simon Sinek Quotes
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Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.
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Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.
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Good leadership is hard to measure on a daily basis which is why so many default to doing what's easy to measure instead.
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Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic.
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Focus on long term success but be willing to make short term adjustments to get there
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We'd achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.
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Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they're out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons.
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You have to write a book because you believe it has helped you, because you believe it has helped others personally and you are dying to share with it others because you know it will add value to their lives. You write it for them like a gift. You don't want anything from them. You don't want them to do anything for you. You don't even care if they all share the book with their friends, they don't all have to buy them. You're just dying to share this idea with people. Your challenge is to write it in a way that is compelling, enjoyable to read so that they will get the idea.
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A small team, committed to a cause bigger than themselves, can achieve absolutely anything.
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All the perks, all the benefits and advantages you may get for the rank or position you hold, they aren’t meant for you. They are meant for the role you fill. And when you leave your role, which eventually you will, they will give the ceramic cup to the person who replaces you. Because you only ever deserved a Styrofoam cup.
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Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.
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Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.
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I'm a messenger. I'm one piece of a giant jigsaw puzzle.
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Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us.
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I don't hire any companies or ask any of my friends to write reviews for me on Amazon when I have a book come out so they can drive up my ratings on Amazon. I don't have a publicist.
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I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much.
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Work requires effort. Things we love to do feel effortless. Only do the things you love and you'll never have to work again.
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If you're not remarkable, you're invisible.
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We can't all be good at everything. This is partly the logic behind having a team in the first place, so each role can be filled with the person best suited for that role and together, every job and every strength is covered.
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Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.
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In this age of omniconnectedness, words like 'network,' 'community' and even 'friends' no longer mean what they used to. Networks don't exist on LinkedIn. A community is not something that happens on a blog or on Twitter. And a friend is more than someone whose online status you check.
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I'm very prescriptive about who I work with. I'm very clear about what I believe. If they believe what I believe I will work with them. If they say things like, "Convince me we should do this." I walk away.
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Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.
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When or if we "quote, unquote" do not like our work, it is probably because we do not feel safe where we go to work. So when you say, what can we do?, the irony is that the best thing we can do is, well one option, is to quit.