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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Optimism is the ability to focus on where we're going, not where we're coming from.
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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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The irony is, the advertising industry knows everyone hates what they produce. This is why they keep looking for new ways to force people to stay tuned.
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I'm interested in the innovator and the early adopter.
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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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More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.
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Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they're out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons.
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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 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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Good marketing speaks to human beings - the way human beings understand and take in information.
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A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.
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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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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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Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.
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When a leader makes the choice to put the safety and lives of the people inside the organization first, to sacrifice their comforts and sacrifice the tangible results, so that the people remain and feel safe and feel like they belong, remarkable things happen.
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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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The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.
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Curiosity is essential for progress. Only when we look to worlds beyond our own can we really know if there's room for improvement.
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Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere.
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When I was a kid, I was a bit of a space geek. I loved the space program and all things NASA. I would read books about our solar system; I had pictures of the Space Shuttle on my bedroom wall. And yes, I even went to Space Camp.
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Progress is more important than perfection.
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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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Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn't said.