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
No matter when or where, always bring your 'A' game, because you never know when it will open doors for you.
The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.
Success always takes help. Failure is done alone.
A movement only exists when people are inspired to move, to do something, to make the cause their own.
True love is when both people think they have the better half of the deal.
Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.
Great leaders give everyone something to believe in, not something to do.
We can make up for lost money, but we can't make up for lost time.
The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.
The ad industry thinks their clients are their customers. They think the companies who pay for the production are the ones they are supposed to serve. So the ads they produce make their clients happy... but infuriate the rest of us.
Profit isn't a purpose, it's a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.
You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us.
Words may inspire, but only ACTION creates change. Most of us live our lives by accident - we live life as it happens. Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose.
People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe