Simon Sinek Quotes
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Failure is not tied to money; it is a mindset. Failure is when we accept the lot we are given.
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We are only in charge when we are willing to let others take charge.
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A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent. 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.
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Be the leader you wish you had.
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All these companies that grew to any sizable proportions were all founded with a belief or a cause bigger than their products or services. It was their products or services that helped them bring that cause to life.
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The true value of networking doesn't come from how many people we can meet but rather how many people we can introduce to others.
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When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.
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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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The value of emotions comes from sharing them, not just having them.
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The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.
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What you do is proof of what you believe.
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Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail.
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Following takes why. Transactions take what. It has to be real. It has to be the same for writing a book.
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Truly human leadership protects an organization from the internal rivalries that can shatter a culture. When we have to protect ourselves from each other, the whole organization suffers. But when trust and cooperation thrive internally, we pull together and the organization grows stronger as a result.
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There is no decision that we can make that doesn't come with some sort of balance or sacrifice.
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Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.
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Most years, if you were to ask me how much I make, the genuine answer is that I have no clue. I usually find out the answer to that question once a year, at tax time, when my accountant tells me.
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Trust is maintained when values and beliefs are actively managed. If companies do not actively work to keep clarity, discipline and consistency in balance, then trust starts to break down.
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If you help one person in the room, you're an abject failure. You have to change something.
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When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.
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Because a true sense of purpose is deeply emotional, it serves as a compass to guide us to act in a way completely consistent with our values and beliefs. Purpose does not need to involve calculations or numbers. Purpose is about the quality of life. Purpose is human, not economic.
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TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product.
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All organizations start with WHY, but only the great ones keep their WHY clear year after year.
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We should invest in people not ideas. A good idea is often destroyed by bad people and good people can always make a bad idea better.
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I don't care about convincing the people who think I'm naive or an idiot.
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Great leaders give everyone something to believe in, not something to do.
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Sometimes we give too much too soon. Sometimes we hold back for too long. This is our beautiful dance. Our imperfect dance. This is the dance that makes us human.
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I have friends who are majorly into the cosplay culture and have urged me to go to a convention for no other reason than to meet others like me.
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Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.
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What is a company that believes in good, clean family entertainment doing making R-rated pictures.
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