Simon Sinek Quotes Page 4

“Self confidence is the ability to exercise restraint in the face of disrespect and still show respect in response.”

“Simple ideas are easier to understand. Ideas that are easier to understand are repeated. Ideas that are repeated change the world.”

“Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly.”

“Some see risk as a reason not to try. Some see it as an obstacle to overcome. The risk is the same; to try or not depends on your perspective.”

“Some would argue that you’re as successful as the company you keep. Certainly there is a connection between our friends and who we are.”

“Spending too much time focused on others’ strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.”

“Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.”

“The art of leadership is about inspiring people to build something not threatening to break something.”

“The cost of leadership is self-interest.”

“The difference between those who do and those who don’t is that those who don’t believe it when they are told they can’t.”

“The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.”

“The goal is not simply to ‘work hard, play hard.’ The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishable.”

“The goal is not to be perfect by the end, the goal is to be better today.”

“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.”

“The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.”

“The great leaders are not the strongest, they are the ones who are honest about their weaknesses. The great leaders are not the smartest; they are the ones who admit how much they don’t know. The great leaders can’t do everything; they are the ones who look to others to help them. Great leaders don’t see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.”

“The hardest part is starting. Once you get that out of the way, you’ll find the rest of the journey much easier.”

“The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.”

“The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger – not because they don’t acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.”

“The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won’t work or can’t happen, ask them to give three reasons it can.”

“The only time I waste is time I spend doing something that, in my gut, I know I shouldn’t. If I choose to spend time playing video games or sleeping in, then it’s time well spent, because I chose to do it. I did it for a reason – to relax, to decompress or to feel good, and that was what I wanted to do.”

“The only way to ‘find out if it will work out’ is to do it.”

“The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.”

“The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.”

“The value of networking is not measured by the number of people we meet but by the number of people we introduce to others.”

“There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.”

“There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.”

“There is a difference between working together and working in the same office.”

“Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don’t think we can achieve something beyond what we’re qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams?”

“To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world.”