Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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Remaining calm in times of desperation makes way for opportunity.
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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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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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Trust is maintained when values and beliefs are actively managed. If companies do not actively work to keep clarity, discipline and consistency in balance, then trust starts to break down.
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Trust emerges when we have a sense that another person or organization is driven by things other than their own self-gain.
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Customers will never love a company until its employees love it first.
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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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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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Following takes why. Transactions take what. It has to be real. It has to be the same for writing a book.
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More often than not when we do not like our work, it's not necessarily because of the work itself. But more often because of the people we work with and more importantly because of the lack of leadership. It is amazing how inspired and motivated we can be when we like the people and when we feel like we show up to work because our leaders care about our wellbeing. It is kind of incredible actually.
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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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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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We pursue exercise even though empirically we see no benefit from the energy we're spending and we're hurting. So empirically we should quit. The why is exactly the same thing. You persist even though there are some short-term stresses and even though there is some uncertainty.
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Good marketing speaks to human beings - the way human beings understand and take in information.
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Confidence is believing in yourself. Arrogance is telling others youre better than they are. Confidence inspires. Arrogance destroys.
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Success comes when we wake up every day in that never-ending pursuit of why we do what we do.
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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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Progress is more important than perfection.
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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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The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time.
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If somebody wants to learn their why, either you help them or send them over to their course. All of this stuff helps.
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We don’t do business with companies. We do business with people.
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Ideas are like dreams; they will disappear unless we record them. Write a book, a blog, build a company, anything that makes the ideas real.