“Before we can claim to understand others , we have to really understand ourselves.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great quotes
Tag: Motivation
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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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Knowing to value our lives
“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.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Together is Better.
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Motivational quote of the day
“The mind can be convinced but the heart must be won”
Adopted from the book Together is Better
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Why Simon’s vision should inspire one and all?
Simon Sinek , the author of the best selling book “Start With Why” has the following vision which is sure to inspire one and all seeking inspiration in their everyday lives.
“To build a world in which the vast majority of us wake up every single morning inspired to go to work , feel safe when we’re there and return home fulfilled at the end of the day.”
I personally find this very inspiring.
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Construct of a “WHY” – Lessons learnt from FIND YOUR WHY
We have all come across concepts of WHY , Golden circle , Circle of Safety by Simon Sinek in his books Start with Why as well as Leaders Eat Last.
The book Find Your Why goes one step further in trying to help individuals as well as tribes find their own WHY.
To summarize the construct of a WHY would look like:
TO_________________________________________________SO THAT________________________________________
The First dash after TO is for contribution and the one after SO THAT is for impact.
The contribution relates to something which is not selfish but out of which others around us get benefitted as well.The impact is not in material or monetary terms but the service is does to society to enrich our lives in turn and which in turn would give us a feeling of fulfillment.
There can be ONE and only ONE why for individuals or groups and if we lead our life around the WHY our lives would become much more meaningful and enriching.
For more details I would encourage readers to go through the book FIND YOUR WHY.It is a fascinating book and is sure to enlighten the lives of individuals as well as groups.
Pile on motivation….
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Nested WHYs in organizations and their meaning – Learnings from “Find Your Why”
Find You Why by Simon Sinek , David Mead , Peter Docker is the second step to Start With Why by Simon Sinek.
This is an awesome book wherein the authors have carved out the steps to do self as well as tribe(group) WHY discovery.
Among myriad amazing concepts outlines in the book the one that I particularly liked and could relate to was the concept of WHY of an organization and its relation to a TREE.
Like a tree has roots and the trunk as its foundation , every organization should have a foundational WHY which would be the meaning as to why the organization exists.This should be the superset of all other WHYs existing inside the organization.
Like a tree has branches , so does an organization have various departments.Each department would have individual WHYs which in some way or the other should be derived out of the organizational WHY else the departments would not in line with the organization goal.
Finally like we have nests on branches , so do organizational departments have individual employees work with blood , sweat and tear to help the organization meet its goals.
This relation between a TREE and ORGANIZATION in helping understand the need for WHY at various levels of an organization is an unbelievable concept outlined in the book which is not only realistic but memorable as well..
For those who have still not had the privilege of reading this book < I would highly recommend reading this book to achieve enlightenment.
Pile on motivation..
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“Weak” v/s “Strong” leader – Simon Sinek quote
The following inspiring quote from Simon Sinek , aptly illustrates the difference between “weak” and “strong” leaders….
“Weak leaders want their people to do as they say. Strong leaders want their people to do as they think.” — Simon Sinek
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“Stress” v/s “Passion” – The Simon Sinek Way
In our work lives we all search for fulfillment but rarely find so.
There are occasions though wherein at the end of the day we feel fulfilled but we find it very difficult to articulate the exact reason as to why we feel good at times and not at other times.
After having slogged for long hours at work we sometimes feel fulfilled yet sometimes very stressed out.
The following quote from Simon Sinek is so clear and crisp that I was able to very well relate to the same , hope this spreads motivation around as well.
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called Stress. Working hard for something we love is called Passion.” — Simon Sinek