In FISH PHILOSOPHY by Chris Lundin the following is mentioned as one key principle:
“Make It Their Day”
The following inspirational quote from Simon Sinek endorses the same fact:
“The MORE people you INSPIRE , the MORE people will INSPIRE YOU.”
Tag: Simon Sinek
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Infinite minded leaders do meticulous succession planning
“The ability to adopt an INFINITE MINDSET is a pre-requisite for any leaders who aspires to leave THEIR organization in BETTER SHAPE than they FOUND it.”
Think about Apple , SouthWest , CostCo etc. all of them have been led by such infinite minded leaders
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s quotes.
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Best quote that typifies the working of human brain
“The MIND can be CONVINCED but the HEART must be WON.”
This is a very famous quote of Simon Sinek adopted from his book Together is Better.
The human rational brain is used for analysis and understands language , rational thought and logic.
But more often that NOT it is the limbic brain that understands only signals , emotion , love , affection that has to be CONVINCED in order to result in CHANGE.
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Getting LEADERS vs WORKERS
“When we tell people to DO THEIR JOBS we get WORKERS.
When we TRUST people to GET THE JOBS DONE, we get LEADERS.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s quotes.
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The POWER of HUMAN BONDS
“The BEST way to find JOY in our LIVES or OVERCOME STRUGGLE is with the HELP OF OTHERS.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s quotes
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How is TRUST built?
“Trust is BUILT on telling the TRUTH , NOT telling people what they want to HEAR.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s quotes
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Great tips to inspire a team
“We fight AGAINST things we HATE.
We fight FOR things we LOVE.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s quotes
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What happens when the person who personifies WHY departs without succession planning?
When the person who personifies the WHY departs without clearly articulating WHY the company was founded in the first place , they leave no clear CAUSE for their successor to lead.
The new CEO will focus on WHAT rather than the WHY.Worse they may even try to implement their own VISION without considering the JUST CAUSE.
In these cases the leader can work against the CULTURE of the company rather than building it.The results is poor culture , poor performance , mass exodus to name a few.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why
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Why John Sculley failed at Apple?
John Sculley was hired by Steve Jobs at Apple & eventually removed Steve Jobs for 12 long years at Apple.
John Sculley was great at WHAT to do and HOW to do but was never a person with a vision and hence lacked the WHY.
John Sculley tried to run Apple as a business and was hardly there to extend the Just Cause originally envisaged by the great Steve Jobs.Hence he was a misfit at Apple.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Start with Why.
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Most Organizations that inspire people to “do great things” have this in common
In nearly every case of a person or an ORGANIZATION that has gone on to INSPIRE people to DO GREAT THINGS , there exists this special partnership between a person who knows the WHY and another who knows the HOW.
This relationship starts to clarify the VISION statement and MISSION statement of an organization.
The vision statement is WHY the company exists whereas a mission statement are guiding principles based on HOW the company intends to create the future.
Bill Gates was the visionary who imagined a world with the PC , Paul Allen knew HOW to execute this vision.
Similarly Steve Jobs had the vision about the Mac and Steve Wozniak knew HOW to give this shape.
The list goes on…The point here is that unless and until there is a partnership between such like minded people with complementary skill set , the true magic on inspiring by innovating falls flat.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why