Simon Sinek Quotes
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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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Disney became hated. It became one of the evil corporations. It used to be loved. They couldn't hold onto talent; they couldn't attract talent. Some of their products did badly. The Californialand project was a $5 billion waste of money. They couldn't make it work. The magic had gone, no pun intended.
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The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.
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Reality will always prevail so why help it? Be an idealist and see what happens.
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In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.
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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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I never set out to do the things I'm doing now.
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Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It's OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it's not all right to miss the majority of them.
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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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Those who fear the new are the ones who have mastered the old.
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Our survival depends on our ability to form trusting relationships.
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A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.
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Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.
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Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action!
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Leadership is a choice to protect the person to the left of us, and protect the person to the right of us, and sometimes that may come at a cost. It may cost us our benefits, it may cost us our comfort, it may sometimes cost us our perks, whatever it is, credit.
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A true friend is someone with whom protocol is no longer necessary.
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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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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 value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.
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The irony is that the best thing we can do is, well one option, is to quit job we don't like. You don't always have to quit, and quite frankly, option two is to try to help others solve the problem that you are struggling with.
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Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.
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Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn't said.
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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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Don't show up to prove. Show up to improve.