Simon Sinek Quotes
Great communicators don't just hear the words. Great communicators hear the meaning behind the words
Leaders volunteer to go first into danger. Their willingness to sacrifice for us is the reason we're inspired to follow.
It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.
We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty.
Vision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past.
There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.
To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.
Hire people inspired to achieve something big over people who demand something big before they feel inspired.
Fight against something and you focus on the thing you hate. Fight for something and you focus on the thing you love.
Pursue the thing inside us and others will help us. Pursue the things outside us and others will compete with us.
If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.
A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.
Focus on where you're going and you'll know what steps to take. Focus on the steps you're taking and you won't know where you're going.
Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.
There is a difference between offering a service and being willing to serve. They may both include giving but only one is generous.
During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.
Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.
I'm building on purpose. I'm building that tipping point. I'm building that law of diffusion of innovation.
Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.
Leaders may inspire, but only when the people decide to act does the leader's vision become a movement.
The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.
A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia.
When you can wake up in the morning and feel successful whether some end goal is realized or not...THAT is true success.
There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers.
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.
If everything goes right, we get a good experience. If everything goes wrong, we get a good story.
Our reputations do not come from how we talk about ourselves. Our reputations come from how others talk about us.
A movement only exists when people are inspired to move, to do something, to make the cause their own.
Curiosity is essential for progress. Only when we look to worlds beyond our own can we really know if there's room for improvement.
