Simon Sinek Quotes
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Would anybody be offended if we gave a $150 million bonus to Gandhi? How about a $250 million bonus to Mother Teresa? Do we have an issue with that? None at all. None at all. Great leaders would never sacrifice the people to save the numbers. They would sooner sacrifice the numbers to save the people.
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If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.
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Authorities act with themselves in mind. Leaders act with others in mind. Authorities take. Leaders give. Authorities die. Leaders live on.
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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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Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.
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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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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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Success comes when we wake up every day in that never-ending pursuit of why we do what we do.
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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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Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.
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Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of Why we want it.
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There's nothing efficient about innovation.
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There is no decision that we can make that doesn't come with some sort of balance or sacrifice.
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It's the discipline to understand that the things that might make you rich or things might make you famous are sometimes worth pursuing and sometimes are not.
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We very often confuse personality with leadership.
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Great companies don’t hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them. People are either motivated or they are not. Unless you give motivated people something to believe in, something bigger than their job to work toward, they will motivate themselves to find a new job and you’ll be stuck with whoever’s left.
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When you can wake up in the morning and feel successful whether some end goal is realized or not...THAT is true success.
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Risk deters those who see what they could lose. Those focused on the gain see it as a necessary part of their journey, even if the possibility of loss exists.
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The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.
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Of course there are people out there who are helping others find their why. Some are doing a really great job and some are doing a not so great job. I love the fact there are people out there, and consultants out there doing that.
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Leadership is like parenting.
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I never imagined I'd be working with government, or military or politicians or big companies. None of this stuff I'm doing was on any business plan anywhere ever.
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Sometimes we give too much too soon. Sometimes we hold back for too long. This is our beautiful dance. Our imperfect dance. This is the dance that makes us human.
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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.