Simon Sinek Quotes And Sayings

Simon O. Sinek is a British/American author, speaker and consultant. He is the author of the 2009 book, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. Sinek worked at the ad agency Euro/RSCG and in 2002 founded Sinek Partners. In January 2015, his talk How Great Leaders Inspire Action was listed as the third most popular TED presentation of all time. The talk was filmed at TEDxPuget Sound in September 2009. In October 2009, he published his book Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action.

There Is No Decision That We Can Make That Doesn't Come With Some Sort Of Balance Or Sacrifice.

If You Hire People Just Because They Can Do A Job, They'll Work For Your Money. But If You Hire People Who Believe What You Believe, They'll Work For You With Blood, Sweat, And Tears.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Money Is A Short-term Result That Incentivizes Short-term Decision Making.

Believing That Your Competition Is Stronger And Better Than You Pushes You To Better Yourselves.

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.

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.

There's Nothing Efficient About Innovation.

Great Leaders Are Willing To Sacrifice The Numbers To Save The People. Poor Leaders Sacrifice The People To Save The Numbers.

I Try To Find, Celebrate And Teach Leaders How To Build Platforms That Will Inspire Others.

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.

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.

Anyone Who Achieves Any Kind Of Success, However You Want To Define It, Sometimes Can't Let Go Of It.

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.

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.

Most Politicians Are Not Authentic.

If No One Ever Broke The Rules, Then We'd Never Advance.

Tivo And Other Digital Recording Devices Have Confounded Advertisers. The Ad Industry Sees The Technology As A Threat To Their Product.

The Democrats' Response Throughout The Healthcare Debate? Give The People More Statistics.

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.

Leadership Is Absolutely About Inspiring Action, But It Is Also About Guarding Against Mis-action.

I Use Apple Because They're Easy To Understand And Everybody Gets It.

My Sister Made Certain Choices About The Life She Wanted. Those Choices Include A Steady Job, A Husband And Children. But Balance And Stability Come At A Cost. It Is Harder For Her To Be Spontaneous. It Is Harder To Just Up And Leave.

I Think Most People Are Inherently Interested In How Their Brain Works, In What Makes Them Tick.

I Couldn't Understand Why My Productivity Went Down When I Had Deliberately Made More Time Available To Write. Then I Realized It Was Because I Wasn't Flying As Much.

I Never Imagined Working With Ceos, Congressmen Or The Military, Yet I Make Regular Visits To The Pentagon, Stop By The Capitol Now And Then And Sit Down With Leaders Of All Kinds Of Companies.

I Love Science Fiction - Always Have.

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.

Academic Experts May Not Be Good At Doing What They Are Experts In Themselves, But They Are Good At Explaining The Subject Matter To Others. They Write Books, Teach Courses And Offer Lessons And Give Steps Others Can Follow.

The Challenge Of The Unknown Future Is So Much More Exciting Than The Stories Of The Accomplished Past.

The Strong Bond Of Friendship Is Not Always A Balanced Equation; Friendship Is Not Always About Giving And Taking In Equal Shares. Instead, Friendship Is Grounded In A Feeling That You Know Exactly Who Will Be There For You When You Need Something, No Matter What Or When.

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.

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.

The Only Time I Waste Is Time I Spend Doing Something That, In My Gut, I Know I Shouldn't. If I Choose To Spend Time Playing Video Games Or Sleeping In, Then It's Time Well Spent, Because I Chose To Do It. I Did It For A Reason - To Relax, To Decompress Or To Feel Good, And That Was What I Wanted To Do.

Great Leaders Don't Need To Act Tough. Their Confidence And Humility Serve To Underscore Their Toughness.

Listening Is Active. At Its Most Basic Level, It's About Focus, Paying Attention.

Leadership Is Not About The Next Election, It's About The Next Generation.

Panic Causes Tunnel Vision. Calm Acceptance Of Danger Allows Us To More Easily Assess The Situation And See The Options.

If You Have The Opportunity To Do Amazing Things In Your Life, I Strongly Encourage You To Invite Someone To Join You.

If You Want To Be A Great Leader, Remember To Treat All People With Respect At All Times. For One, Because You Never Know When You'll Need Their Help. And Two, Because It's A Sign You Respect People, Which All Great Leaders Do.

It's Important To Slow Down, Every Now And Then, For No Other Reason Than To Call Someone To Say 'Hi.' It Doesn't Have To Be A Long Conversation. Just Calling Out Of The Blue Does More To Let Someone Know You Still Care About Them Than Nearly Anything Else.

Nike Doesn't Want To Make Products For Everyone - They Want To Make Products For Champions.

We Live In Times Of High Stress. Messages That Are Simple, Messages That Are Inspiring, Messages That Are Life-affirming, Are A Welcome Break From Our Real Lives.

Mergers Are Like Marriages. They Are The Bringing Together Of Two Individuals. If You Wouldn't Marry Someone For The 'Operational Efficiencies' They Offer In The Running Of A Household, Then Why Would You Combine Two Companies With Unique Cultures And Identities For That Reason?

Champions Are Not The Ones Who Always Win Races - Champions Are The Ones Who Get Out There And Try. And Try Harder The Next Time. And Even Harder The Next Time. 'Champion' Is A State Of Mind. They Are Devoted. They Compete To Best Themselves As Much If Not More Than They Compete To Best Others. Champions Are Not Just Athletes.

The Big Picture Doesn't Just Come From Distance; It Also Comes From Time.