Simon Sinek

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Motivation Daily by Motiversity · START WITH WHY - Simon Sinek Motivational Speech · 22 May 2026 podcast

The skill is really to keep your opinions to yourself.

If you agree with somebody, don't nod yes.

If you disagree with somebody, don't nod no.

Simply sit there, take it all in, and the only thing you're allowed to do is ask questions so that you can understand what they mean and why they have the opinion that they have.

You must understand from where they are speaking, why they have the opinion they have, not just what they are saying.

And at the end, you will get your turn.

It sounds easy, it's not.

Practice being the last to speak.

That's what Nelson Mandela did.

There was a former undersecretary of defense who was invited to give a speech at a large conference, about a thousand people.

And he was standing on the stage with his cup of coffee and a Styrofoam cup, giving his prepared remarks with his PowerPoint behind him.

And he took a sip of his coffee and he smiled and he looked down at the coffee.

And then he went off script.

And he said, you know, last year I spoke at this exact same conference.

Last year I was still the undersecretary.

And when I spoke here last year, they flew me here business class.

And when I arrived at the airport, there was somebody waiting for me to take me to my hotel.

And they took me to my hotel and they had already checked me in and they just took me up to my room.

And the next morning I came downstairs and there was someone waiting in the lobby to greet me.

And they drove me to this here same venue.

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