Simon Sinek
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I found myself here by accident. I mean, come on, like nobody, like if you're an actor or a musician, you might can imagine if things go well.
When you start writing a book, by the way, I purposefully never put my picture on the cover of any of my books. And I fought with my publisher. They want to put my name huge at the top of the cover. I want it in like mouse print on the side, you know, so we compromise where we put it at the bottom. Uh, but like my face, Jack Welch wrote a book called winning and put his own picture.
When you start writing a book, by the way, I purposefully never put my picture on the cover of any of my books. And I fought with my publisher. They want to put my name huge at the top of the cover. I want it in like mouse print on the side, you know, so we compromise where we put it at the bottom. Uh, but like my face, Jack Welch wrote a book called winning and put his own picture.
When you start writing a book, by the way, I purposefully never put my picture on the cover of any of my books. And I fought with my publisher. They want to put my name huge at the top of the cover. I want it in like mouse print on the side, you know, so we compromise where we put it at the bottom. Uh, but like my face, Jack Welch wrote a book called winning and put his own picture.
He wrote a book called leadership, put his own picture on the cover. Like that's a problem, you know, like unless you're somebody I'm genuinely interested in, like if you're somebody famous that I want to learn about, like I'm okay with Andre Agassi putting his picture on, on his book. Cause I want to know about him, you know, that's different. Um, but I, I, I, uh, I believe in belief, right?
He wrote a book called leadership, put his own picture on the cover. Like that's a problem, you know, like unless you're somebody I'm genuinely interested in, like if you're somebody famous that I want to learn about, like I'm okay with Andre Agassi putting his picture on, on his book. Cause I want to know about him, you know, that's different. Um, but I, I, I, uh, I believe in belief, right?
He wrote a book called leadership, put his own picture on the cover. Like that's a problem, you know, like unless you're somebody I'm genuinely interested in, like if you're somebody famous that I want to learn about, like I'm okay with Andre Agassi putting his picture on, on his book. Cause I want to know about him, you know, that's different. Um, but I, I, I, uh, I believe in belief, right?
It goes back to that car analogy, which is I believe of having a belief so strong in something that it inspires you to want to do difficult things, that it inspires you to want to sacrifice something. And people, like, this question always comes up, like, you know, you have to know when to quit. Oh, you should never quit, you know?
It goes back to that car analogy, which is I believe of having a belief so strong in something that it inspires you to want to do difficult things, that it inspires you to want to sacrifice something. And people, like, this question always comes up, like, you know, you have to know when to quit. Oh, you should never quit, you know?
It goes back to that car analogy, which is I believe of having a belief so strong in something that it inspires you to want to do difficult things, that it inspires you to want to sacrifice something. And people, like, this question always comes up, like, you know, you have to know when to quit. Oh, you should never quit, you know?
Like, we've got, and my attitude is you should quit when the sacrifice no longer feels worth it. And so you look at like, so when I started getting invitations to share my point of view and share my message, and I was, I was preaching a point of view about the way business could work. That was different than the norm. Right.
Like, we've got, and my attitude is you should quit when the sacrifice no longer feels worth it. And so you look at like, so when I started getting invitations to share my point of view and share my message, and I was, I was preaching a point of view about the way business could work. That was different than the norm. Right.
Like, we've got, and my attitude is you should quit when the sacrifice no longer feels worth it. And so you look at like, so when I started getting invitations to share my point of view and share my message, and I was, I was preaching a point of view about the way business could work. That was different than the norm. Right.
And by the way, when I started, if you said the word purpose at work, you were just some hippie weirdo, right? That was when I started. And, um, uh, And as I started going and I started getting invitations and speaking started to become a career for me by accident, I found myself on the road all the time.
And by the way, when I started, if you said the word purpose at work, you were just some hippie weirdo, right? That was when I started. And, um, uh, And as I started going and I started getting invitations and speaking started to become a career for me by accident, I found myself on the road all the time.
And by the way, when I started, if you said the word purpose at work, you were just some hippie weirdo, right? That was when I started. And, um, uh, And as I started going and I started getting invitations and speaking started to become a career for me by accident, I found myself on the road all the time.
In fact, I downloaded an app, stupidly downloaded this app that scrapes my calendar and tells me when my flights are, so to help me. But unfortunately, it also scrapes my history. Assuming it's in the right format, so it misses some because they're in the wrong format in my calendar, it'll tell you the total number of flights I took per year. And I went back and looked a few years ago.
In fact, I downloaded an app, stupidly downloaded this app that scrapes my calendar and tells me when my flights are, so to help me. But unfortunately, it also scrapes my history. Assuming it's in the right format, so it misses some because they're in the wrong format in my calendar, it'll tell you the total number of flights I took per year. And I went back and looked a few years ago.
In fact, I downloaded an app, stupidly downloaded this app that scrapes my calendar and tells me when my flights are, so to help me. But unfortunately, it also scrapes my history. Assuming it's in the right format, so it misses some because they're in the wrong format in my calendar, it'll tell you the total number of flights I took per year. And I went back and looked a few years ago.
I took 178 flights in one year. Right? And if you live that life... You're exhausted. Dating, there's no such thing. You go out on a great date, you're like, I had such a good time. Are you free in six weeks? And even if you are home, you don't want to leave the house. I never wanted to leave the house. I just wanted to be at home. That was the treat.