Authors:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Simon Sinek Quotes - Page 19

All Quotes Acceptance Balance Belief Challenges Children Choices College Communication Competition Country Culture Desire Discipline Effort Energy Exercise Failing Feelings Focus Giving Growing Up Hard Work Heart Helping Others Home Innovation Inspirational Irony Journey Leadership Listening Loss Management Marketing Military Motivational Opportunity Optimism Passion Personality Progress Purpose Quality Quitting Reality Responsibility Risk Running Sacrifice Self Confidence Strategy Stress Struggle Study Team Trust Understanding Values Vision Waiting War Winning Writing

Leadership is about making people feel safe. When someone feels heard, they feel safe.

Leadership is about making people feel safe. When someone feels heard, they feel safe.

People, Safe, Heard

Leadership is not a rank, it's a choice.

Choices

Outside advice can only tell you how a decision looks. Only you can know how it feels. The best decisions look and feel right.

Decision, Advice, Looks

FaceBook post by Simon Sinek from Jun 14, 2010

Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.

Children, Leader, Parent

"The Paradoxes Of Leadership" by Simon Sinek, www.askmen.com.

Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.

Guarding, Action

"Thinking Out Loud: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

If you have the opportunity to do amazing things in your life, I strongly encourage you to invite someone to join you.

Opportunity, Invites, Amazing Things

To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject.

Years, Experts, Use

"Two Types of Experts" by Simon Sinek, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

People who go to work to be a part of the cause don't go home. They are home. Now - who wants to quit?

Home, People, Want

Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.

Leadership, Thinking, Organization

Simon Sinek (2009). “Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action”, p.48, Penguin

When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone.

Phones, People, Trying

To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.

Acceptance, Pigs, Risk

"Failure Is An Option: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

Leader, Inspire, Trying

Trust is maintained when values and beliefs are actively managed. If companies do not actively work to keep clarity, discipline and consistency in balance, then trust starts to break down.

Discipline, Consistency, Balance

We call them leaders because they go first, because they take the risk before anybody else does, because they will choose to sacrifice so their people will be safe and protected.

Sacrifice, People, Leader

Would anybody be offended if we gave a $150 million bonus to Gandhi? How about a $250 million bonus to Mother Teresa? Do we have an issue with that? None at all. None at all. Great leaders would never sacrifice the people to save the numbers. They would sooner sacrifice the numbers to save the people.

Motivational, Mother, Sacrifice

"Why good leaders make you feel safe". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2014.

Instead of showing up to let everyone know how great we are, show up to find out how great everyone else is.

Showing Up, Shows, Know How

Rule books tell people what to do. Frameworks guide people how to act. Rule books insist on discipline. Frameworks allow for creativity.

Book, Creativity, Discipline

Twitter post from Jul 06, 2010

Unhealthy cultures create addiction. Healthy cultures create social bonds.

Addiction, Healthy, Culture

When we can communicate from the inside out, we're talking directly to the part of the brain that controls behavior, and then we allow people to rationalize it with the tangible things we say and do. This is where gut decisions come from.

Talking, People, Decision

"How great leaders inspire action". TEDxPuget Sound Talk, www.ted.com. September 2009.

The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.

Eye, Government, Doe

"It’s Not Nice to Stab People" by Simon Sinek, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2012.

There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.

Differences, Giving, Giving Directions

"There Is a Difference Between Direction and Directions" by Simon Sinek, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

The irony is, the advertising industry knows everyone hates what they produce. This is why they keep looking for new ways to force people to stay tuned.

Hate, People, Way

"I Hate You: A Tale About Advertising" by Simon Sinek, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 16, 2010.

Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they're out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons.

Jobs, Practice, Preparation

"Teamwork: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

My concern is that we live in an economy in which stabbing someone and waiting for them to complain before we remove the knife has become the normal way of doing business. When did we lose sight of the fact that it's not nice to stab people in the first place?

Nice, Sight, Knives

"It’s Not Nice to Stab People" by Simon Sinek, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2012.

Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership.

Stress, Anxiety, Management

Simon Sinek (2014). “Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't”, p.28, Penguin

You May Also Like: