Simon Sinek Quotes
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Our courage comes from the courage of others.
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The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.
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For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It's not "integrity," it's "always do the right thing." It's not "innovation," it's "look at the problem from a different angle." Articulating our values as verbs gives us a clear idea - we have a clear idea of how to act in any situation.
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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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If our leaders are to enjoy the trappings of their position in the hierarchy, then we expect them to offer us protection. The problem is, for many of the overpaid leaders, we know that they took the money and perks and didn’t offer protection to their people. In some cases, they even sacrificed their people to protect or boost their own interests. This is what so viscerally offends us. We only accuse them of greed and excess when we feel they have violated the very definition of what it means to be a leader.
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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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No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud.
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A movement only exists when people are inspired to move, to do something, to make the cause their own.
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Leadership is like parenting.
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It's better to go slowly in the right direction than go speeding off in the wrong direction.
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The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time.
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If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.
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TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product.
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Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.
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If a movement is to have an impact it must belong to those who join it, not those who lead it.
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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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We should always choose to work with people we love. They are the ones who will watch our back and our future.
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Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn't said.
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We should all have an opportunity to feel a part of something not just have a part in something.
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Disney is one of the best hotel companies in the world. Yet they have never and will never open a casino on the Vegas strip.
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What I'm doing is obeying the law of diffusion of innovations.
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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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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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Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.