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
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.
The creatives are rarely professional and the professionals are rarely creative.
Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
When a leader makes the choice to put the safety and lives of the people inside the organization first, to sacrifice their comforts and sacrifice the tangible results, so that the people remain and feel safe and feel like they belong, remarkable things happen.
Don't give to get. Give to inspire others to give.
Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.
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.
A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.
There is a difference between running with all your heart with your eyes closed and running with all your heart with your eyes wide open.