Simon Sinek Quotes
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The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.
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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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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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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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WHY did we start doing WHAT we’re doing in the first place, and WHAT can we do to bring our cause to life considering all the technologies and market opportunities available today?
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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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The mind can be convinced, but the heart must be won.
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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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A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.
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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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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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A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.
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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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Leaders volunteer to go first into danger. Their willingness to sacrifice for us is the reason we're inspired to follow.
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Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is.
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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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The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.
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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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No one knows everything. But together, we know a whole lot.
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Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.
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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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We very often confuse personality with leadership.
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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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There's nothing efficient about innovation.