Simon Sinek Quotes
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Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.
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The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any formal rank.
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When I was in college, my school newspaper accepted an ad from a Holocaust revisionist organization. This would have been offensive on most college campuses across the country, but I went to a school with a very large Jewish population, so the ad, as you might expect, stirred absolute outrage.
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A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence.
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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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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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We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty.
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A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results.
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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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Our courage comes from the courage of others.
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Complaining begets more complaints. Anger begets more anger. And optimism begets more optimism.
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I'm interested in the innovator and the early adopter.
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The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.
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A small team, committed to a cause bigger than themselves, can achieve absolutely anything.
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If you're interested in a book that will steadily grow and sell for a very long time, I promise you I will give you that.
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I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors.
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I'm a messenger. I'm one piece of a giant jigsaw puzzle.
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We must all try to empathize before we criticize. Ask someone what's wrong before telling them they are wrong.
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Words may inspire, but only ACTION creates change. Most of us live our lives by accident - we live life as it happens. Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose.
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True love exists in business. It's when Employee and Employer are amazingly grateful to have each other. We should all have true love at work.
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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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Being driven is not the same as being passionate. Passion is a love for the journey. Drive is a need to reach the destination.
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To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject.
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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.