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. – Simon Sinek
Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as ‘successful’ can make us feel less successful. – Simon Sinek
There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details. – Simon Sinek
Champions are not the ones who always win races – champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. ‘Champion’ is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes. – Simon Sinek
Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care. – Simon Sinek
I don’t enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens. – Simon Sinek
I couldn’t understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn’t flying as much. – Simon Sinek
Leaders who fail are the ones who do it by themselves. Leaders who succeed are the ones who allow others to help them. – Simon Sinek
The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past. – Simon Sinek
Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they’re out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons. – Simon Sinek
Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of power outlets, tables and desks at which we could work and the option to spend as much time in their stores as we wanted without any pressure to buy. The coffee was incidental. – Simon Sinek
You’ll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us. – Simon Sinek
We live in times of high stress. Messages that are simple, messages that are inspiring, messages that are life-affirming, are a welcome break from our real lives. – Simon Sinek
We can’t all be good at everything. This is partly the logic behind having a team in the first place, so each role can be filled with the person best suited for that role and together, every job and every strength is covered. – Simon Sinek
No matter when or where, always bring your ‘A’ game, because you never know when it will open doors for you. – Simon Sinek
In the 1980s America reacted to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. We supported a war that left a nation torn to pieces. And as the last Soviet tank left the country, so did we. – Simon Sinek
Like a good parent can’t also be his child’s best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates. – Simon Sinek
Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, then try to figure out a process of how to get it. People who shouldn’t be entrepreneurs see the standard process they need to go through to get the thing they want or need then decide if they want to go through that process. – Simon Sinek
Spending time with the military certainly lends itself to some remarkable experiences, and I’ve been privileged to have had my share. – Simon Sinek
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. – Simon Sinek
All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does. – Simon Sinek
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. – Simon Sinek
Whether individuals or organisations, we follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves. – Simon Sinek
Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating. – Simon Sinek