Simon Sinek Quotes
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Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.
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Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.
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I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.
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Our survival depends on our ability to form trusting relationships.
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Because a true sense of purpose is deeply emotional, it serves as a compass to guide us to act in a way completely consistent with our values and beliefs. Purpose does not need to involve calculations or numbers. Purpose is about the quality of life. Purpose is human, not economic.
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A true friend is someone with whom protocol is no longer necessary.
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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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The value of networking is not measured by the number of people we meet but by the number of people we introduce to others.
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Work requires effort. Things we love to do feel effortless. Only do the things you love and you'll never have to work again.
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Reality will always prevail so why help it? Be an idealist and see what happens.
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Nobody writes a book to get rich. It's like speaking.
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A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.
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When we are in groups, when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, trust emerges and our very survival and progress goes up.
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Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly.
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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 more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.
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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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In the 1980s America reacted to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. We supported a war that left a nation torn to pieces. And as the last Soviet tank left the country, so did we.
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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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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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I know if I persist it will pay back in dividends and it always does. What starts to happen is like exercise, the pain goes away. It starts to get easier and the weight starts to get lighter and people start to notice a difference in you and you start to notice a difference in yourself. You find your ability to make decisions is easier; you find you are inspired more often. You find your success increases. You find that your random moments when you're in the flow are no longer random and you can control them. Other people notice the difference.
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I've been dogmatic to use myself as a case study.
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Time and energy. Those are the most valuable sacrifices leaders can make.
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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.