“A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.”
— Simon Sinek
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.”
“Words may inspire but only action creates change.”
“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.”
“Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.”
“Progress is more important than perfection.”
“Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.”
“Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank.”
“Be the leader you wish you had.”
“A small team, committed to a cause bigger than themselves, can achieve absolutely anything.”
“Customers will never love a company until its employees love it first.”
“Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place.”
“Don’t give to get. Give to inspire others to give.”
“You are authentic when everything you say and everything you do you ACTUALLY believe.”
“The true value of a leader is not measured by the work they do. A leader’s true value is measured by the work they inspire others to do.”
“Don’t show up to prove. Show up to improve.”
“When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.”
“Fight against something and you focus on the thing you hate. Fight for something and you focus on the thing you love.”
“Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.”
“When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.”
“Great leaders don’t see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.”
“Greatness starts with a clear vision of the future.”
“The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.”
“Vision is a destination – a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route – an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.”
“Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more.”
“The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.”
“Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.”
“Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.”
“There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.”
“Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn’t said.”
“There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.”
“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.”
“Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.”
“We’d achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.”
“The hardest part is starting. Once you get that out of the way, you’ll find the rest of the journey much easier.”
“Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.”
“The cost of leadership is self-interest.”
“A boss who micromanages is like a coach who wants to get in the game. Leaders guide and support and then sit back to cheer from the sidelines.”
“Martin Luther King gave the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, not the ‘I Have a Plan’ speech.”
“Happy employees ensure happy customers. And happy customers ensure happy shareholders – in that order.”
“There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.”
“A leader’s job is not to do the work for others; it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.”
“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.”
“Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right.”
“If everything goes right, we get a good experience. If everything goes wrong, we get a good story.”
“The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.”
“Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.”
“Success always takes help. Failure is done alone.”
“Innovation is not born from the dream, innovation is born from the struggle.”
“The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won’t work or can’t happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.”
“A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.”
“The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.”
“It’s better to have a great team than a team of greats.”
“The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.”
“The most important thing to do before you die is live.”
“Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere.”
“We should invest in people not ideas. A good idea is often destroyed by bad people and good people can always make a bad idea better.”
“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.”
“If you don’t understand people, you don’t understand business.”
“Being driven is not the same as being passionate. Passion is a love for the journey. Drive is a need to reach the destination.”
“A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.”
“The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.”
“Leadership is not about the next election, it’s about the next generation.”
“Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.”
“Trust has two dimensions: competence and integrity. We will forgive mistakes of competence. Mistakes of integrity are harder to overcome.”
“I find, when you’re an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.”
“Trust doesn’t develop from always doing the right thing. Trust comes from taking responsibility when we do the wrong thing.”
“There’s nothing efficient about innovation.”
“Self confidence is the ability to exercise restraint in the face of disrespect and still show respect in response.”
“True strength is the courage to admit our weaknesses.”
“Success is when reality catches up to your imagination.”
“Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.”
“No one knows everything. But together, we know a whole lot.”
“I’m investing in myself, I’m investing in others and I’m investing in my cause. I know if I persist it will pay back in dividends and it always does.”
“Give someone responsibility and they will do their best. Make them accountable and they will do even better.”
“Profit isn’t a purpose, it’s a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.”
“Pure pragmatism can’t imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can’t get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.”
“Value is a perception not a calculation. Value is something people feel, not something we tell them they get.”
“The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.”
“Vision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past.”
“Our vision is only actionable if we share it. Without sharing, it’s just a figment of our imagination.”
“Before we can build the world we want to live in, we have to imagine it.”
“Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.”
“Intelligence looks for what is known to solve problems. Creativity looks for what is unknown to discover possibilities.”
“Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.”
“Remaining calm in times of desperation makes way for opportunity.”
“The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.”
“Great leaders don’t blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.”
“The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.”
“Knowledge is understanding based on what has been studied and learned. Wisdom is understanding based on what has been felt and experienced.”
“We learn most not from all of the things that go right. We learn most when everything goes wrong.”
“If a movement is to have an impact it must belong to those who join it, not those who lead it.”
“Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.”
“The mind can be convinced, but the heart must be won.”
“The creatives are rarely professional and the professionals are rarely creative.”
“True love is when both people think they have the better half of the deal.”
“Rule books tell people what to do. Frameworks guide people how to act. Rule books insist on discipline. Frameworks allow for creativity.”
“The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.”
“You have to be careful what you think you know.”
“And it’s those who start with why, that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.”
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