Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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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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I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.
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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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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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Leading is not the same as being the leader. Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you—not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to.
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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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Our survival depends on our ability to form trusting relationships.
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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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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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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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And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way.
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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 never imagined I'd write a book.
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If you don't understand people, you don't understand business.
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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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We should all have an opportunity to feel a part of something not just have a part in something.
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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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Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.
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Those who fear the new are the ones who have mastered the old.
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The passion to change the world for the better is a more powerful force than defense to keep it the same.
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Most people think leadership is about being in charge. Most people think leadership is about having all the answers and being the most intelligent person or the most qualified person in the room. The irony is that it is the complete opposite. Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible. Leadership is about pointing in the direction, articulating a vision of the world that does not yet exist. Then asking help from others to insure that vision happens.
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The only time I waste is time I spend doing something that, in my gut, I know I shouldn't. If I choose to spend time playing video games or sleeping in, then it's time well spent, because I chose to do it. I did it for a reason - to relax, to decompress or to feel good, and that was what I wanted to do.