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
When I present, I cheat. I only talk about things I care about.
Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere.
Give someone responsibility and they will do their best. Make them accountable and they will do even better.
Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic.
So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.
The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.
The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.
A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.
The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.
Pushing yourself to be the best is unsustainable. Simply push yourself to be better than the day before.
Success comes when we wake up every day in that never-ending pursuit of why we do what we do.
Remember to connect with people now and then. In fact, pick up the phone, right now, and call a friend for no other reason than to say hi.
Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.
Our survival depends on our ability to form trusting relationships.