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
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.
We should never let reality interfere with our dreams. Reality can't see what we can see.
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?
There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers.
Employees represent an opportunity to inspire not a burden to carry.
Average companies give their people something to work on. The most innovative organizations give their people something to work toward.