Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.
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We can not lead an organization, we can run an organization. We can only lead people.
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New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. No matter how bright and colorful, they will die unless others work to spread them
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I'm interested in the innovator and the early adopter.
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We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care.
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What I say is join me and be part of the army and find ways that maybe even I haven't thought of I haven't even thought of to help spread this message and inspire people to do what inspires them. That's what I need you to do.
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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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The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time.
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It's the discipline to understand that the things that might make you rich or things might make you famous are sometimes worth pursuing and sometimes are not.
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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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If you have the opportunity to do amazing things in your life, I strongly encourage you to invite someone to join you.
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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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The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.
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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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A movement only exists when people are inspired to move, to do something, to make the cause their own.
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Returning from work feeling inspired, safe, fulfilled and grateful is a natural human right to which we are all entitled and not a modern luxury that only a few lucky ones are able to find.
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Progress is more important than perfection.
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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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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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All organizations start with WHY, but only the great ones keep their WHY clear year after year. Those who forget WHY they were founded show up to the race every day to outdo someone else instead of to outdo themselves. The pursuit, for those who lose sight of WHY they are running the race, is for the medal or to beat someone else.
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Average companies give their people something to work on. The most innovative organizations give their people something to work toward.
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It's better to have a great team than a team of greats.
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I go into every meeting, into every room and for every speech understanding the standard deviation, the Bell Curve. I know there are about 10-15 percent of people in the room, who say, "I've been trying to say this for years. Finally. I agree. Yes, yes, yes." I know there are about 15 percent of the people in the room who think I'm an idiot, who think I don't know what I'm talking about, who think I'm naive or I have oversimplified everything. The majority who are open to the ideal.