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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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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Followers want to be taken care of. Leaders want to take care of others. We can all be leaders.
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Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn't said.
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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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I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.
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I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight.
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I'm pretty confident the why works now. When it first began, somebody said to me: "Will this work in big business?" I said, "I don't know. Let's try." Somebody said will this work in entrepreneurs, relationships or government and military. I said, "I don't know. Let's try." I kept applying the scientific method. I had a theory. I kept applying that theory, looking for opportunities to fail and it kept working.
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The bad leaders are the ones that push hard so they can gain, who brow beat us so that they can receive the benefit of our hard work, not so we can enjoy the success
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Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama's 'star power' and don't seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete.
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Time and energy. Those are the most valuable sacrifices leaders can make.
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If our leaders are to enjoy the trappings of their position in the hierarchy, then we expect them to offer us protection. The problem is, for many of the overpaid leaders, we know that they took the money and perks and didn’t offer protection to their people. In some cases, they even sacrificed their people to protect or boost their own interests. This is what so viscerally offends us. We only accuse them of greed and excess when we feel they have violated the very definition of what it means to be a leader.
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Disney is beloved again. They can now attract the talent again and they can hold onto the talent again. People trust them again. It's all return since they went back to the why.
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Remaining calm in times of desperation makes way for opportunity.
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The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.
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My sister made certain choices about the life she wanted. Those choices include a steady job, a husband and children. But balance and stability come at a cost. It is harder for her to be spontaneous. It is harder to just up and leave.
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The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.
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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.
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We should invest in people not ideas. A good idea is often destroyed by bad people and good people can always make a bad idea better.
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The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.
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When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone.
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Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.
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People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it and what you do simply proves what you believe.
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Reality will always prevail so why help it? Be an idealist and see what happens.