Simon Sinek
A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.Collection: Stars
We should invest in people not ideas. A good idea is often destroyed by bad people and good people can always make a bad idea better.Collection: Ideas
We should never change our minds about where we are going, but always be curious about different ways to get there.Collection: Mind
Every single organization - or career, for that matter - exists on three levels: WHAT you do, HOW you do it and WHY you do it.Collection: Careers
Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere.Collection: Swimming
To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections.Collection: Imperfection
Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.Collection: Journey
Pushing yourself to be the best is unsustainable. Simply push yourself to be better than the day before.Collection: Pushing
We can teach only if we are willing to learn.Collection: Teach
Trust emerges when we have a sense that another person or organization is driven by things other than their own self-gain.Collection: Self
Some in management positions operate as if they are in a tree of monkeys. They make sure that everyone at the top of the tree looking down sees only smiles. But all too often, those at the bottom looking up see only asses.Collection: Tree
Vision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past.Collection: Past
Vision is a destination - a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route - an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.Collection: Focus
Returning from work feeling inspired, safe, fulfilled and grateful is a natural human right to which we are all entitled and not a modern luxury that only a few lucky ones are able to find.Collection: Grateful
The responsibility of the company is to help the people, grow as people. If we can do that, then the company will grow as a company.Collection: Responsibility
A leader is the one who speaks last and acts first.Collection: Leader
Studies show that over 80 percent of Americans do not have their dream job. If more knew how to build organizations that inspire, we could live in a world in which that statistic was the reverse - a world in which over 80 percent of people loved their jobs. People who love going to work are more productive and more creative. They go home happier and have happier families. They treat their colleagues and clients and customers better. Inspired employees make for stronger companies and stronger economies.Collection: Dream
It's better to go slowly in the right direction than go speeding off in the wrong direction.Collection: Speeding
Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.Collection: Trust
When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.Collection: Jobs
The mind can be convinced, but the heart must be won.Collection: Heart
For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It's not "integrity," it's "always do the right thing." It's not "innovation," it's "look at the problem from a different angle." Articulating our values as verbs gives us a clear idea - we have a clear idea of how to act in any situation.Collection: Leadership
Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank.Collection: Choices
A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.Collection: Leader
If you talk about what you believe, you will attract those who believe what you believe.Collection: Believe
When we are in groups, when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, trust emerges and our very survival and progress goes up.Collection: Believe
There is a difference between offering a service and being willing to serve. They may both include giving but only one is generous.Collection: Offering
There are leaders, and there are those who lead. Leaders are those who hold a position of power or authority. But those who lead are those who inspire us. And it's those who start with why, that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.Collection: Inspire
Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action!Collection: Impact
If everything goes right, we get a good experience. If everything goes wrong, we get a good story.Collection: Stories
Leadership is not achieved by an individual. Leadership is bestowed by the group.Collection: Groups
Changing the world takes more than everything any one person knows, but not more than we know together.Collection: Together
If we don't give things a try, nothing will get off the ground.Collection: Giving
Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is rightCollection: Leader
There are leaders, and there are those who lead.Collection: Leader
Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.Collection: Motivational
The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.Collection: Scary
The confident ask questions to learn what will connect. The insecure just keep talking with the hope something will stick.Collection: Insecure
Before we can build the world we want to live in, we have to imagine it.Collection: World
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.Collection: Life Changing
Failure is not tied to money; it is a mindset. Failure is when we accept the lot we are given.Collection: Mindset
The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.Collection: Race
Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.Collection: Selfish
A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent. The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail.Collection: Growing Up
Simple ideas are easier to understand. Ideas that are easier to understand are repeated. Ideas that are repeated change the world.Collection: Simple
True love is when both people think they have the better half of the deal.Collection: True Love
What you do simply proves what you believe.Collection: Believe
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.Collection: Phones