Simon Sinek Quotes
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I think most people are inherently interested in how their brain works, in what makes them tick.
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Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.
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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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The worst leaders are the once that think they have to know as much or more than the people who work with them. The best leaders are the once who know that their employees know hell of a lot more than what they know and willing to admit it whilst expressing the value of their employees.
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The ones who show up to take, they show up and say, "Hi. My name is Steve. I'm an expert in this and I've studied this and I've worked with these clients." On every single power point presentation, it has their email, their Twitter handle and their Facebook account, so you can follow them. At the end, they tell you, "Please follow me." When you ask them a question, they say, "Well, I could tell you the answer, but you should really just read my book."
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The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.
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Good marketing speaks to human beings - the way human beings understand and take in information.
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Those in pursuit of Why are inspired to do what is right. Those in pursuit of What are driven to do what is easy.
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Good marketing offers us a view of the world. Bad marketing offers us a product to buy.
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The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time.
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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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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.
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I would never find myself or unlikely to find myself in a room where I have a skeptic who brought me in. But I very often am in a situation somebody who's there who didn't invite me was a skeptic. That happens all the time.
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Anyone can sell product by dropping their prices, but it does not breed loyalty.
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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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Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.
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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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A movement only exists when people are inspired to move, to do something, to make the cause their own.
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Our struggles are the short term lessons we learn to achieve long term success.
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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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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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We don’t do business with companies. We do business with people.
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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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We should all have an opportunity to feel a part of something not just have a part in something.