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
How can you help the human race progress?
Let us not attack those who disagree. Let us defend those who follow.
There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.
Work with people who believe what you believe.
Leading is not the same as being the leader. Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you—not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to.
It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.
WHY did we start doing WHAT we’re doing in the first place, and WHAT can we do to bring our cause to life considering all the technologies and market opportunities available today?
Don't show up to prove. Show up to improve.
The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time.
A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.
If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.
Fight against something and you focus on the thing you hate. Fight for something and you focus on the thing you love.
If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.
I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it.