Simon Sinek Quotes
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Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.
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Selfish is easy. It's sharing that takes courage.
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If you don't understand people, you don't understand business.
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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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We very often confuse personality with leadership.
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The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail. No matter what we know they are there to support us and see us do well. Leaders are exactly the same.
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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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Nobody writes a book to get rich. It's like speaking.
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Every single organization - or career, for that matter - exists on three levels: WHAT you do, HOW you do it and WHY you do it.
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If someone's performance is down we do not say, 'Hey pick up your things here.' We do not yell and scream at them, we say, 'Are you okay?' The idea of putting our financials goal aside for one minute to express empathy for the human being for that work and saying, 'Are you okay?' That is part of the sacrifice.
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Authenticity is more than speaking; Authenticity is also about doing. Every decision we make says something about who we are.
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I have to have an impact. That's what drives me to practice to make sure my words are clear and my stories are compelling. Right. Because it matters.
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Some see risk as a reason not to try. Some see it as an obstacle to overcome. The risk is the same; to try or not depends on your perspective.
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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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Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action!
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When a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees.
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True #leadership isn't the bastion of a few who sit at the top ... We all need to step up, take the risk and put our interests second-not always-but when it counts.
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Those who fear the new are the ones who have mastered the old.
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To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.
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There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.
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I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors.
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A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.
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There's nothing efficient about innovation.
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Those in pursuit of Why are inspired to do what is right. Those in pursuit of What are driven to do what is easy.