Quotes from Simon Sinek

Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.

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.

When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone.

When someone asks for your time, and you put your phone away to talk to them... that's leadership.

If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent.

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.

Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful.

Spending time with the military certainly lends itself to some remarkable experiences, and I've been privileged to have had my share.

Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.

Most years, if you were to ask me how much I make, the genuine answer is that I have no clue. I usually find out the answer to that question once a year, at tax time, when my accountant tells me.

If you're interested in a book that will steadily grow and sell for a very long time, I promise you I will give you that.

I look for the hotels that have figured out the comfortable balance - a modern room that is well designed, and really clean sheets.

During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.

Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse.

No one knows everything. But together, we know a whole lot.

Inspire people to do the things that inspire them and, together, we can change our world.

Changing the world takes more than everything any one person knows, but not more than we know together.

True love is when both people think they have the better half of the deal.

Being driven is not the same as being passionate. Passion is a love for the journey. Drive is a need to reach the destination.

Fight against something and you focus on the thing you hate. Fight for something and you focus on the thing you love.

A five minute call replaces the time it takes to read and reply to the original email and read and reply to their reply... or replies. And I no longer spend 20+ minutes crafting the perfect email - no need to.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

Trust has two dimensions: competence and integrity. We will forgive mistakes of competence. Mistakes of integrity are harder to overcome.

Trust emerges when we have a sense that another person or organization is driven by things other than their own self-gain.