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Business Quotes by Simon Sinek

42 Business quotes by Simon Sinek

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Simon Sinek says a company must start with a belief bigger than its product. He explains that clearly sharing a WHY can turn customers into loyal fans, not just repeat buyers. He also points out that loyal employees are the first step toward lasting success.

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Customers will never love a company until its employees love it first.

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When we are selective about doing business only with those who believe in our WHY, trust emerges.

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Every company knows what they do Some know how they do it Very few know why

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So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.

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We don’t do business with companies. We do business with people.

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A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there.

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What is a company that believes in good, clean family entertainment doing making R-rated pictures.

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If you don't understand people, you don't understand business.

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If you look at the average age of a company on the Dow Jones index, it's something like 35 years or younger.…

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The responsibility of the company is to help the people, grow as people. If we can do that, then the company will…

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Some would argue that you're as successful as the company you keep. Certainly there is a connection between our friends and who…

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To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed…

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Average companies give their people something to work on. The most innovative organizations give their people something to work toward.

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In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we…

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Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.

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All these companies that grew to any sizable proportions were all founded with a belief or a cause bigger than their products…

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Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, then try to figure out a process of how to get it. People who…

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“But when a company clearly communicates their WHY, what they believe, and we believe what they believe, then we will sometimes go…

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“bottom line. All companies are in business to make money, but being successful at it is not the reason why things change…

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“Every company, organization or group with the ability to inspire starts with a person or small group of people who were inspired…

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“Sinegal trusts his gut more than he trusts Wall Street analysts. “Wall Street is in the business of making money between now…

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I'm pretty confident the why works now. When it first began, somebody said to me: "Will this work in big business?" I…

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“Managers of companies, big and small, all want to do well, so they make decisions, hire consultants and implement systems to help…

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The concept of why is already in the vernacular. It is now a noun. "That company doesn't know their why." "They need…

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“Put bluntly, the struggle that so many companies have to differentiate or communicate their true value to the outside world is not…

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“The farther right you go on the curve, the more you will encounter the clients and customers who may need what you…

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“Every single employee is someone’s son or someone’s daughter. Parents work to offer their children a good life and a good education…

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“As anyone who starts a business knows, it is a fantastic race. There is a statistic that hangs over your head -…

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I never imagined I'd be working with government, or military or politicians or big companies. None of this stuff I'm doing was…

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Very few people or companies can clearly articulate WHY they do WHAT they do. By WHY I mean your purpose, cause or…

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Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn…

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“Every single employee is someone’s son or someone’s daughter. Like a parent, a leader of a company is responsible for their precious…

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Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out…

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True love exists in business. It's when Employee and Employer are amazingly grateful to have each other. We should all have true…

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I was a nobody when I met with the publisher. Nobody knew who I was. I was doing some speaking for entrepreneurs.…

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Ideas are like dreams; they will disappear unless we record them. Write a book, a blog, build a company, anything that makes…

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The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people…

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Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their…

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“There is a big difference between repeat business and loyalty. Repeat business is when people do business with you multiple times. Loyalty…

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“WHY: Very few people or companies can clearly articulate WHY they do WHAT they do. When I say WHY, I don’t mean…

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“When a WHY goes fuzzy, it becomes much more difficult to maintain the growth, loyalty and inspiration that helped drive the original success. By…

“Without the protection of our leaders, everyone outside the inner circle is forced to work alone or in small tribes to protect and advance…

Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic.

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

Instead of showing up to let everyone know how great we are, show up to find out how great everyone else is.

Knowledge is understanding based on what has been studied and learned. Wisdom is understanding based on what has been felt and experienced.

There's only one of me. With you using the why in the center of your work helps me.

“they didn't examine the problem and accumulate data to figure out the best solution - they engineered the outcome they wanted from the beginning.…