Simon Sinek Quotes

"Impatience is the enemy of innovation. Real breakthroughs take time to mature."

"People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. Scaling the 'why' is the hardest part."

"Business is an infinite game. There is no such thing as winning business."

"Your 'Why' is the purpose, cause, or belief that inspires you to do what you do."

"Panic causes us to focus on the problem. Calm allows us to focus on the solution."

"Our confidence grows when we feel safe among our own."

"The best way to find out what you should be doing is to do something."

"Trust is the bedrock of confidence."

"Finite players play to beat the people around them. Infinite players play to be better than themselves."

"In the infinite game, the only true competitor is yourself."

"Safe environments are the only place where fear cannot survive."

"Infinite games have no finish line, and the goal is to keep playing."

"You don't need to get rid of the fear; you just need to find the courage to move through it."

"Ambition is the drive, but resilience is the engine that keeps us moving."

"There is no such thing as winning in business. There is only ahead and behind."

"There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak."

"Failure is only a permanent condition if you quit."

"The cost of leadership is self-interest."

"We don't need to be right all the time, we just need to be clear."

"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."

"The best leaders are the ones who are willing to admit when they've failed."

"The goal is not to win the game, the goal is to keep playing the game and bring as many people along as possible."

"When we act out of fear, we rarely make the best decisions."

"We are better together."

"We use fear to manipulate because it’s easier than taking the time to inspire."

"The only way to find your why is to look back and see what themes have consistently appeared in your life."

"Greatness is not the absence of failure, but the ability to overcome it."

"The goal is not to be perfect. The goal is to be better today than we were yesterday."

"Achievement is when you get what you want. Success is when you want what you get."

"Vision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past."

"The infinite game has no finish line. The only competition is ourselves."

"When people feel safe at work, they are more willing to take risks and be innovative."

"People do not buy what you do; they buy why you do it."