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Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek
English Author
Born: Oct 9, 1973
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We can't all be good at everything. This is partly the logic behind having a team in the first place, so each role can be filled with the person best suited for that role and together, every job and every strength is covered. Simon Sinek
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Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly. Simon Sinek
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Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why. Simon Sinek
Vision Direction Given Directions Instructions How Offered Explain Why
Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates. Simon Sinek
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Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy. Simon Sinek
Personality Thought Tough Leader Philosophy General He Outspoken Like Look Match Always George Cultivated His Patton Sentences Should Act Epitome Believed Image
The cost of leadership is self-interest. Simon Sinek
Leadership Cost Self-Interest
Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, then try to figure out a process of how to get it. People who shouldn't be entrepreneurs see the standard process they need to go through to get the thing they want or need then decide if they want to go through that process. Simon Sinek
People Try Out See Through Entrepreneurs How Go Get Want Decide Process Then Standard Figure Who Thing Need
The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe. Simon Sinek
Needs You Business People Believe Everybody Goal Who
Over 90% of people go home at the end of the day feeling unfulfilled by their work, and I won't stop working until that statistic is reversed - until over 90% of people go home and can honestly say, 'I love what I do.' Simon Sinek
Work Love Day Home People End Of The Day Feeling Honestly Say Statistic Over Until Go Go Home Reversed End Stop Unfulfilled Working
Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action. Simon Sinek
Leadership Action Guarding About Absolutely Inspiring Also Against
The ad industry thinks their clients are their customers. They think the companies who pay for the production are the ones they are supposed to serve. So the ads they produce make their clients happy... but infuriate the rest of us. Simon Sinek
Happy Rest Pay Think Ads Supposed Make Industry Clients Customers Produce Us Production Who Companies Serve Ad Thinks
To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world. Simon Sinek
Time You World Money Our Spend Significant Impact More Make How Fixed Same Difference Spare Choose Amount Careers
A sour corporate culture can actually make an entire society unhappy. This means that a strong corporate culture can have a positive impact on a society. Simon Sinek
Positive Culture Strong Unhappy Society Positive Impact Corporate Impact Entire Make Sour Means Actually
The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics. Simon Sinek
People Debate Response Statistics Give More Throughout Democrats Healthcare
I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others. Simon Sinek
Celebrate Inspire Try Will Build Others Find Leaders How Teach Platforms
In the 1980s America reacted to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. We supported a war that left a nation torn to pieces. And as the last Soviet tank left the country, so did we. Simon Sinek
War Country Nation Torn Invasion Supported Pieces Tank Left America Did Soviet Afghanistan Union Last
Whether individuals or organisations, we follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves. Simon Sinek
Those Ourselves Follow Lead Individuals Because Want Whether Them Organisations Who
No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud. Simon Sinek
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I know there's a difference between being successful and feeling successful. And if you ask me if I feel successful, the honest answer is 'not yet.' Simon Sinek
Me You Feeling Feel Between Know Answer Difference Being Ask Successful Honest
Some would argue that you're as successful as the company you keep. Certainly there is a connection between our friends and who we are. Simon Sinek
You Our Would Some Argue Between Friends Successful Certainly Who Connection Company Keep
Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful. Simon Sinek
Time Sometimes Spending Spending Time Perceived Someone Feel Make Us Successful Less Who
The lives we live are a bit of a straight-hair vs. curly-hair thing. We often want what we don't have. In reality, it's not about better or worse; it's just perception. Simon Sinek
Reality Better Perception Live Worse Bit About Often Just Want Lives Thing
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. Simon Sinek
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Multi-millionaires who pay half or less than half of the percentage of tax the rest of us pay justify their actions by saying they pay what the law requires. Though true, the fact is they found ways within the law to beat the purpose of the law - which, in the case of taxes, is that we all pay our fair share. Simon Sinek
Saying Law Rest Half Pay Our Ways Though Case Percentage Purpose Fact Beat Share True Fair Fair Share Within Than Tax Which Justify Taxes Us Requires Less Who Actions Found
Leave America and you'll find that the consumers in many other countries enjoy watching advertising. Not because the products are better, but because the ads are produced to be entertaining. Sometimes they are funny. Sometimes they are dramatic. Sometimes they are just beautiful. Simon Sinek
Funny Beautiful You Better Sometimes Enjoy Other Other Countries Dramatic Entertaining Find Ads Consumers Countries Advertising Because Leave America Just Produced Products Many Watching
There are two kinds of experts: academic experts and practical experts. One is not better than the other, but they are very different, and each offers very different value. Simon Sinek
Better Value Other Kinds Academic Practical Very Than Offers Different Experts Each Two
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