Quotes from Simon Sinek

My concern is that we live in an economy in which stabbing someone and waiting for them to complain before we remove the knife has become the normal way of doing business. When did we lose sight of the fact that it's not nice to stab people in the first place?

If you look at the average age of a company on the Dow Jones index, it's something like 35 years or younger. In other words... success is no indication of longevity.

Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.

Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.

A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia.

Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.

It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win.

It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama's 'star power' and don't seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete.

It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.