Simon Sinek Quotes
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Our vision is only actionable if we share it. Without sharing, it’s just a figment of our imagination.
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We don’t do business with companies. We do business with people.
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Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.
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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 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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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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Good marketing speaks to human beings - the way human beings understand and take in information.
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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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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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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 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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I think most people are inherently interested in how their brain works, in what makes them tick.
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The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.
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Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don't think we can achieve something beyond what we're qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams?
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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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Pilots have their names painted just beneath the canopy of their aircraft. This gives the pilot a sense of ownership for his or her jet. What's more, like cars, each aircraft has its own personality, so it's important for a pilot to get to know and love his aircraft.
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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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It doesn't matter how much we know, it matters how clearly others can understand what we know.
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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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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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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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It's better to go slowly in the right direction than go speeding off in the wrong direction.
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The world is a bell curve. Classroom test scores, employee performance in a company or how many people really, really like you. No matter the population you're studying, they always fit neatly across the standard deviations of the famous bell curve.