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Simon Sinek Quotes
Simon Sinek
English
Author
Born:
Oct 9
,
1973
About
Better
Good
People
Time
You
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To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject.
Simon Sinek
Become
Others
Case
Observation
Studies
Takes
Studying
Academic
Understand
How
Years
Subject
Done
Expert
Experts
Use
Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves.
Simon Sinek
Problem
Cause
Matter
Out
Must
Solve
Some
Purpose
Pursue
Entrepreneurs
Practical
Greater
Subject
Subject Matter
Than
Experts
Themselves
Set
It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win.
Simon Sinek
Good
Win
Good Ideas
Resource
Constrained
Come
Ideas
Always
Up
Organizations
Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama's 'star power' and don't seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete.
Simon Sinek
Power
Strategy
Obama
Seem
Clear
Befuddled
Effective
Republicans
Star
Compete
I use Apple because they're easy to understand and everybody gets it.
Simon Sinek
Everybody
Easy
Because
Understand
Gets
Use
Apple
When we can communicate from the inside out, we're talking directly to the part of the brain that controls behavior, and then we allow people to rationalize it with the tangible things we say and do. This is where gut decisions come from.
Simon Sinek
People
Communicate
Behavior
Say
Out
Inside
Inside-Out
Gut
Directly
Rationalize
Allow
Part
Come
Talking
Tangible
Brain
Controls
Where
Decisions
Then
Things
If you look at the average age of a company on the Dow Jones index, it's something like 35 years or younger. In other words... success is no indication of longevity.
Simon Sinek
Success
You
Age
Words
Other
Indication
Something
Longevity
Like
Look
Years
In Other Words
Younger
Success Is
Average
Company
I think most people are inherently interested in how their brain works, in what makes them tick.
Simon Sinek
People
Think
Tick
Most
Makes
How
Brain
Interested
Them
Inherently
Works
Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.
Simon Sinek
Good
Needs
Conversation
People
Care
Good Reason
Someone
Advantage
Feel
Make
Understand
Does
Understands
Heard
Huge
Listener
Listeners
Wants
Really
Engage
Reason
Desires
When I was a kid, I was a bit of a space geek. I loved the space program and all things NASA. I would read books about our solar system; I had pictures of the Space Shuttle on my bedroom wall. And yes, I even went to Space Camp.
Simon Sinek
Space
Solar
Our
Solar System
Books
Bit
Kid
System
Would
All Things
Geek
About
Had
Pictures
Read
Bedroom
NASA
Camp
Yes
Wall
Space Program
Space Shuttle
Loved
Even
Things
Shuttle
Program
Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.
Simon Sinek
Strike
Out
Fearlessness
Ruth
Remarkable
His
Afraid
Career
Babe
Babe Ruth
Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care.
Simon Sinek
Words
Speak
Care
Few
Say
Exercise
Louder
Than
Companies
Actions
Actions Speak
Actually
Right
Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second.
Simon Sinek
Money
Opportunity
Challenge
Will
First
Rebuild
Those
Drawn
Someone
Primary
Attract
Industry
Offer
Incentive
Company
Reinvent
Second
The single best machine to measure trust is a human being. We haven't figured out a metric that works better than our own sort of, like, 'There's something fishy about you.'
Simon Sinek
Best
You
Trust
Human Being
Better
Single
Own
Our
Machine
Out
About
Something
Like
Sort
Fishy
Metric
Than
Human
Being
Measure
Figured
Works
Halloween is one of my favorite days of the year. I have a strict rule: I don't work on Halloween and I won't travel on Halloween. Not for any reason.
Simon Sinek
Work
Travel
Halloween
Strict
Year
Rule
Favorite
Days
Any
Reason
The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.
Simon Sinek
Government
Privacy
Constitution
Eyes
Our
Corporations
Protect
Protects
Does
However
Prying
Us
Companies
Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.
Simon Sinek
You
Competition
Better
Stronger
Pushes
Than
Your
Believing
Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.
Simon Sinek
Control
Believe
Project
Bad
Leaders
Times
There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.
Simon Sinek
Giving
Direction
Directions
Between
Difference
If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.
Simon Sinek
You
Dream
Clearly
Goal
Articulate
Start
There is not a single one of us with a job that is not completely reliant in some way shape or form on others.
Simon Sinek
Job
Single
Others
Way
Some
Shape
Form
Us
When I was in college, my school newspaper accepted an ad from a Holocaust revisionist organization. This would have been offensive on most college campuses across the country, but I went to a school with a very large Jewish population, so the ad, as you might expect, stirred absolute outrage.
Simon Sinek
You
School
Organization
College
Country
Would
College Campuses
Absolute
Outrage
Most
Accepted
Been
Stirred
Revisionist
Very
Offensive
Expect
Newspaper
Might
Holocaust
Across
Large
Population
Ad
Jewish
A five minute call replaces the time it takes to read and reply to the original email and read and reply to their reply... or replies. And I no longer spend 20+ minutes crafting the perfect email - no need to.
Simon Sinek
Time
Spend
Email
Minute
Minutes
Perfect
Takes
Longer
Call
Read
Five
Reply
Crafting
Original
Need
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