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
Simon Sinek quotes about
Authenticity is about imperfection. And authenticity is a very human quality. To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections. 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.
Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.
Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.
The hardest part is starting. Once you get that out of the way, you'll find the rest of the journey much easier.
Every one of us has the capacity to lead
It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.
And it's those who start with why, that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.
One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.
There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.
Greatness is not born from one success. Greatness is born from persevering through the countless failed attempts that preceded.
Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.
Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.
Because a true sense of purpose is deeply emotional, it serves as a compass to guide us to act in a way completely consistent with our values and beliefs. Purpose does not need to involve calculations or numbers. Purpose is about the quality of life. Purpose is human, not economic.
Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.