Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek
Simon O. Sinekis an author, speaker, and consultant who writes on leadership and management. He joined the RAND Corporation in 2010 as an adjunct staff member, where he advises on matters of military innovation and planning. He is known for popularizing the concepts of "the golden circle" and to "Start With Why", described by TED as "a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?"'. Sinek's first TEDx Talk on "How...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 October 1973
Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn't said.
Great communicators don't just hear the words. Great communicators hear the meaning behind the words
A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.
Systems and processes are essential to keep the crusade going, but they should not replace the crusade.
It's ok if others share our ideas as long as they build upon them. It's called progress.
We don't learn much when everything goes right. We learn the most when things go wrong.
New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. No matter how bright and colorful, they will die unless others work to spread them
Our goals should serve as markers, measurements of the progress we make in pursuit of something greater than ourselves.
We should never change our minds about where we are going, but always be curious about different ways to get there.
We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.
Our courage comes from the courage of others.
We have no choice, we must all die. How we live, however, is entirely of our choosing.
People who go to work to be a part of the cause don't go home. They are home. Now - who wants to quit?
The worst leaders are the once that think they have to know as much or more than the people who work with them. The best leaders are the once who know that their employees know hell of a lot more than what they know and willing to admit it whilst expressing the value of their employees.