Simon Sinek Quotes

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 and sweat and tears.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion.

You don’t hire for skills, you hire for attitude. You can always teach skills.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

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.

The role of a leader is not to come up with all the great ideas. The role of a leader is to create an environment in which great ideas can happen.

A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results.

As the Zen Buddhist saying goes, how you do anything is how you do everything.

When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first and open a path for others to follow.

Leadership requires two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate it.

Working hard for something we do not care about is called stress, working hard for something we love is called passion.

A star wants to see himself rise to the top.

A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.

Some in management positions operate as if they are in a tree of monkeys. They make sure that everyone at the top of the tree looking down sees only smiles. But all too often, those at the bottom looking up see only asses.

The greatest contribution of a leader is to make other leaders.