Here are the best quotes from Simon Sinek, probably the world's greatest expert in leadership, as well as a writer. Among his books stand out, The key is why, Leaders eat last or Together is better.
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1-Champions are not the ones who always win races, champions are the ones who go out and try. Being a champion is a state of mind. They are devotees. They compete with themselves as much or more as against others. The champions are not just the athletes.
2-People do not buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do just shows what you believe.
3-The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.
4-Be the leader you wanted to have.
5-If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat everyone with respect and at all times. First, because you never know when you may need help. Second, because it is a sign that you respect people.
6-If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and be more, you are a leader.
7-There is no decision we can make that does not come with some kind of balance or sacrifice.
8-There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate or you can inspire.
9-Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that no one has yet and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.
10-Our survival depends on our ability to form relationships of trust.
11-The goal is not to do business with everyone who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.
12-Money is a short-term result that encourages short-term decision-making.
13-Poor leaders push us toward the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.
14-Spending too much time focused on the strengths of others, makes us feel weak. Focusing on our own strengths, in fact, makes us strong.
15-Great leaders are willing to sacrifice numbers to save people. Poor leaders sacrifice people to save numbers.
16-Never give up. Never give up trying to build the world that you can see, even if others cannot see it.
17-Large companies do not hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire motivated people and inspire them.
18-Panic causes tunnel vision. Accepting danger allows us to more easily access the situation and see options.
19-Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, above all, a way of communicating.
20-A star wants to see itself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.
21-If you have the opportunity to do incredible things in your life, I strongly recommend that you invite someone to accompany you.
22-If you hire people simply because they can do a job, they will work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe in, they will work for you with blood, sweat and tears.
23-The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; Friendship is not always about equal giving and taking. Instead, friendship is based on the feeling that you know exactly who will be there when you need something, no matter what or when.
24-Believing that the competition is stronger and better than you, pushes you to be better than yourself.
25-What you do simply prove what you believe in.
26-Listening is active. At its most basic level, it is about focus, about paying attention.
27-Those who lead us inspire us. Whether they are individuals or organizations, we follow leaders not because we have to, but because we want to.
28-Some people are born with good looks. Some have the gift of speech. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Like it or not, Mother Nature does not distribute these characteristics evenly.
29-Anyone can sell products by lowering their prices, but that does not feed loyalty.
30-Leaders do not complain about what does not work. Leaders celebrate what works and work to amplify it.
31-A leader must be inspired by the people before inspiring the people.
32-Organizations should say and do the things they really believe in.
33-There is a difference between listening and waiting your turn to speak.
34-Each one of us has the ability to lead.
35-Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.
36-How can you help the progress of the human race?
37-100% of customers are people. 100% of employees are people. If you don't understand people, you don't understand business.
38-The quality of a leader can not be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
39-Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with management and leadership.
40-Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most cannot see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.
41-Great leaders do not need to be tough. His confidence and humility serve to underscore his toughness.
42-The courage of leadership is giving others the opportunity to be successful even though they have the responsibility to do things.
43-The directions are instructions given to explain why. The address is a vision offered to explain why.
44-Confidence begins to emerge when we have the feeling that another person or organization is driven by other things apart from their own profit.
45-A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for the effort. If a boss recognizes the effort, he will get better results.
46-The value is not determined by those who set the price. The value is determined by those who choose to pay.
47-Humility, I have learned, should never be confused with docility. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.
48-The challenge of the unknown future is much more exciting than the stories of the past consummated.
49-A friend is an emotional bond, just as friendship is a human experience.
50-If nobody ever broke the rules, we would never move forward.