“To be innovative , we cannot look to what others have done.The whole idea of blazing a path is that there was no path there before.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great quotes
Category: Self Help
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Exhibiting internal locus of control
“Before we can claim to understand others , we have to really understand ourselves.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great quotes
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The importance of “seeking help”
“We all understand the importance of asking for help , but those who achieve big things are the ones who accept it when it is offered.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great quotes
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Leadership as an education
“Leadership is an education and the best leaders think of themselves as the students and not the teachers.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
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Disseminating knowledge
“It does not matter how much we know.What matters is how clearly others can understand what we know.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great quotes
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The only choice we have in the game of life
“In the game of life the only choice we get is whether we want to play with a finite mindset or an infinite mindset.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
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Why is it harder to put people over resources?
Will is intangible and entails motivating and inspiring the feelings of people so that they give off their best at the workplace.
Resources or profits on the other hand is easier to measure , tangible and relates to the financial metrics that contribute to the health of an organization.
Focusing on Resources leads to benefits in the short term and hence finite minded short sighted leaders sacrifice people for resources to show profitability to shareholders.
The harder aspect wherein focus on people leads to satisfied customers and hence profits is not something for the faint hearted. This is why the true visionaries focus on this for realization of long term benefits and the benefit of the entire ecosystem.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
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The order in which a business communicates responsibility matters
The three pillars of a business’s responsibility are:
- Advancing a Purpose
- Protecting the people involved with the business
- Generating profits
The order of communication of its responsibility separate an infinite minded business from a finite minded business.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
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Understanding the responsibility of a business in an infinite game
“The responsibility of a business is to use its will and resources to advance a cause greater than itself , protect the people and places in which it operates and generate more resources so that it can continue doing all those things for as long as possible.”
This is the essence of playing an infinite game
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled The Infinite Game
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Doing good first and then making money
Well intended finite minded leaders often have the perspective of “making money to do good.”
An infinite perspective on service however is : “Doing good first and then making money”
The order of information brings out the true intention and separates an infinite minded leader from that of a finite minded leader.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game