Simon Sinek quotes - page 6

And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader's vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way. (Simon Sinek)
Our struggles are the short term lessons we learn to achieve long term success. View quote
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I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you. View quote
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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? View quote
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The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye. View quote
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It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win. View quote
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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. View quote
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Innovation is not born from the dream, innovation is born from the struggle. View quote
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Nike doesn't want to make products for everyone - they want to make products for champions. View quote
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A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results. View quote
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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)
Anyone who achieves any kind of success, however you want to define it, sometimes can't let go of it. View quote
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Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama's 'star power' and don't seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete. View quote
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Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is. View quote
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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. View quote
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Spending time with the military certainly lends itself to some remarkable experiences, and I've been privileged to have had my share. View quote
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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. View quote
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Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful. View quote
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When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone. View quote
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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. View quote
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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? (Simon Sinek)
Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates. View quote
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Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership. View quote
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You have to be careful what you think you know. View quote
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