Simon Sinek Quotes And Sayings

Leaders Who Fail Are The Ones Who Do It By Themselves. Leaders Who Succeed Are The Ones Who Allow Others To Help Them.

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.

There Is Not A Single One Of Us With A Job That Is Not Completely Reliant In Some Way Shape Or Form On Others.

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.'

Leadership Is A Way Of Thinking, A Way Of Acting And, Most Importantly, A Way Of Communicating.

It's Always The Organizations That Are Resource Constrained That Come Up With The Good Ideas To Win.

One Of The Best Paradoxes Of Leadership Is A Leader's Need To Be Both Stubborn And Open-minded. A Leader Must Insist On Sticking To The Vision And Stay On Course To The Destination. But He Must Be Open-minded During The Process.

More Information Is Always Better Than Less. When People Know The Reason Things Are Happening, Even If It's Bad News, They Can Adjust Their Expectations And React Accordingly. Keeping People In The Dark Only Serves To Stir Negative Emotions.

It Is Only From The People I've Had The Good Fortune To Meet That I Am Learning The Lessons To Guide Me. Baz Luhrmann, Director Of 'Moulin Rouge,' For Example, Has A Childlike Curiosity About The World. He Doesn't Pretend To Know All The Answers - Quite The Opposite, In Fact. He Asks Loads Of Questions Of Everyone.

Actions Speak Louder Than Words. All Companies Say They Care, Right? But Few Actually Exercise That Care.

There Is A Difference Between Giving Directions And Giving Direction.

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.

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.'

There Are Two Types Of Claims: Those Based On Hard Numbers And Those Based On Slippery Numbers.

Every One Of Us Has The Capacity To Lead.

I Don't Enjoy Eating Humble Pie; It Never Tastes Good. But I Do Appreciate It When It Happens.

My Concern Is That We Live In An Economy In Which Stabbing Someone And Waiting For Them To Complain Before We Remove The Knife Has Become The Normal Way Of Doing Business. When Did We Lose Sight Of The Fact That It's Not Nice To Stab People In The First Place?

Starbucks Was Founded Around The Experience And The Environment Of Their Stores. Starbucks Was About A Space With Comfortable Chairs, Lots Of Power Outlets, Tables And Desks At Which We Could Work And The Option To Spend As Much Time In Their Stores As We Wanted Without Any Pressure To Buy. The Coffee Was Incidental.

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.

I Look For The Hotels That Have Figured Out The Comfortable Balance - A Modern Room That Is Well Designed, And Really Clean Sheets.

Though We May Have Desires Or Bold Goals, For Whatever Reason, Most Of Us Don't Think We Can Achieve Something Beyond What We're Qualified To Achieve. Why, I Ask, Do We Let Reality Interfere With Our Dreams?

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.

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.'

In This Age Of Omniconnectedness, Words Like 'Network,' 'Community' And Even 'Friends' No Longer Mean What They Used To. Networks Don't Exist On Linkedin. A Community Is Not Something That Happens On A Blog Or On Twitter. And A Friend Is More Than Someone Whose Online Status You Check.

Sometimes Spending Time With Someone Who Is Perceived As 'Successful' Can Make Us Feel Less Successful.

There Is A Difference Between Vulnerability And Telling People Everything About Yourself. Vulnerability Is A Feeling. Telling Everyone About Yourself Is Just Facts And Details.

I'd Rather Play In The Major Leagues And Have Some Bad Games Than Play Consistently Good Ball In The Minors.

I Like Stories Of The Classic Hero, Of Good Versus Evil, The Ones In Which The Good Guys Wear White And The Bad Guys Wear Black... And I Love A Good Sword Fight.