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
We'd achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.
What good is it to have a belly if there's no fire in it? Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work.
Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize.
Only you can take responsibility for your happiness..but you can't do it alone. It's the great paradox of being human.
Our survival depends on our ability to form trusting relationships.
It doesn't matter how much we know, it matters how clearly others can understand what we know.
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.
A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.
The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.
Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.
So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.
Pursue the thing inside us and others will help us. Pursue the things outside us and others will compete with us.
We can teach only if we are willing to learn.