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 goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.
We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care.
Life changes for the better when we realize that we don't have to know everything and we don't have to pretend we do.
Pursue the thing inside us and others will help us. Pursue the things outside us and others will compete with us.
Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize.
The only way to 'find out if it will work out' is to do it.
Failure is not tied to money; it is a mindset. Failure is when we accept the lot we are given.
We'd achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.
What good is it to have a belly if there's no fire in it? Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work.
Vision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past.
The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.
The confident ask questions to learn what will connect. The insecure just keep talking with the hope something will stick.
A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.
Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.