Simon Sinek

And you can't be mad at your friend for being successful. You can't be mad at your friend for achieving something that you wish you could achieve. But you can look at yourself and saying, am I not doing something or am I? And this is why we go back to what I said before, which is work towards the thing that you want to do. And then if you achieve it, accept that you won.

And you can't be mad at your friend for being successful. You can't be mad at your friend for achieving something that you wish you could achieve. But you can look at yourself and saying, am I not doing something or am I? And this is why we go back to what I said before, which is work towards the thing that you want to do. And then if you achieve it, accept that you won.

Because that feeling of comparing yourself to your friends really goes down a lot. That's what happened to me.

Because that feeling of comparing yourself to your friends really goes down a lot. That's what happened to me.

So let me, so I think of my life, I think of my life like an iceberg. Right? Which is when I was starting out, I had a vision of the world that existed, that could exist, but it didn't exist yet. So the whole iceberg was under the ocean. I could see it, but nobody else could see it. And so I was trying to describe what I saw, but people were like, I don't get it.

So let me, so I think of my life, I think of my life like an iceberg. Right? Which is when I was starting out, I had a vision of the world that existed, that could exist, but it didn't exist yet. So the whole iceberg was under the ocean. I could see it, but nobody else could see it. And so I was trying to describe what I saw, but people were like, I don't get it.

And then a few people kind of understood what I was trying to say, Or the things that I was putting out in the world helped me articulate it. And so a bit of iceberg popped out. And people would be like, oh, I can see what you're trying to do here. That's amazing. And then they would help me because they saw what I was trying to build because they saw what was above the ocean.

And then a few people kind of understood what I was trying to say, Or the things that I was putting out in the world helped me articulate it. And so a bit of iceberg popped out. And people would be like, oh, I can see what you're trying to do here. That's amazing. And then they would help me because they saw what I was trying to build because they saw what was above the ocean.

But what I saw was beneath the ocean constantly. Like, oh, I still have so much more to do. And no matter how much I've accomplished, I've written a few books. I've run the internet lottery more than once, which is amazing. And more of the iceberg shows up. So people now, you kind of know what I stand for. You know the vision I have of the world that I'm trying to build.

But what I saw was beneath the ocean constantly. Like, oh, I still have so much more to do. And no matter how much I've accomplished, I've written a few books. I've run the internet lottery more than once, which is amazing. And more of the iceberg shows up. So people now, you kind of know what I stand for. You know the vision I have of the world that I'm trying to build.

You either buy into it or you don't. I'm pretty predictable. In other words, more of the iceberg is showing up. And people look at what's above the ocean line, above the sea line, and they go, wow. look at all this stuff you've accomplished. And I just can still see everything that's beneath the ocean. I go, ugh, still more to do. But I'm not moving the goalposts.

You either buy into it or you don't. I'm pretty predictable. In other words, more of the iceberg is showing up. And people look at what's above the ocean line, above the sea line, and they go, wow. look at all this stuff you've accomplished. And I just can still see everything that's beneath the ocean. I go, ugh, still more to do. But I'm not moving the goalposts.

I'm not trying to get a different iceberg. I just know that vision is infinite. All men are created equal. I have a dream. They're all ideals that are unrealistic and unachievable, but will die trying. And that's the point. I imagine a world of world peace where we can resolve conflict peacefully. I'm never going to get it, but try.

I'm not trying to get a different iceberg. I just know that vision is infinite. All men are created equal. I have a dream. They're all ideals that are unrealistic and unachievable, but will die trying. And that's the point. I imagine a world of world peace where we can resolve conflict peacefully. I'm never going to get it, but try.

I imagine a world in which people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are, and end the day fulfilled by the work that they do. Never going to achieve it, but I'll die trying. And so when I say I've won, what I mean is there's iceberg above the ocean. What I mean is I'm not living in dream world anymore. What I mean is I have momentum. What I mean is I have help.

I imagine a world in which people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are, and end the day fulfilled by the work that they do. Never going to achieve it, but I'll die trying. And so when I say I've won, what I mean is there's iceberg above the ocean. What I mean is I'm not living in dream world anymore. What I mean is I have momentum. What I mean is I have help.

What I mean is the movement is advancing. And this is my standard. However anybody else wants to define it is up to them. This is the worst thing you can do is pick somebody else's standard and make it your own. This is for me. For me, it was about momentum. It was always about momentum. That I wanted to do something that could survive me.

What I mean is the movement is advancing. And this is my standard. However anybody else wants to define it is up to them. This is the worst thing you can do is pick somebody else's standard and make it your own. This is for me. For me, it was about momentum. It was always about momentum. That I wanted to do something that could survive me.

And if you look at, you know, this class of, and I hate the term, but let's use the term that people use, but thought leaders, right? Which is the mistake that so many of them make is, and I call it the Oprah problem. Right? What's the Oprah problem? Oprah's amazing. She's a force of nature. She's incredible. She's inspiring. She's amazing. We all bow down to Oprah. She's a currency.

And if you look at, you know, this class of, and I hate the term, but let's use the term that people use, but thought leaders, right? Which is the mistake that so many of them make is, and I call it the Oprah problem. Right? What's the Oprah problem? Oprah's amazing. She's a force of nature. She's incredible. She's inspiring. She's amazing. We all bow down to Oprah. She's a currency.