"Your vision is only actionable if you say it out loud. If you keep it to yourself, it will remain a figment of your imagination."

"If we want to feel an undying passion or our work, if we want to feel we are contributing to something bigger than ourselves, we all need to know our WHY."

"Once you understand your WHY, you’ll be able to clearly articulate what makes you feel fulfilled and to better understand what drives your behavior when you’re at your natural best."

"The opportunity is not to discover the perfect company for ourselves. The opportunity is to build the perfect company for each other."

"We can go through life hunting and pecking, looking for opportunities or customers, hoping that something connects. Or we can go through life with intention, knowing what our piece looks like, knowing our WHY, and going straight to the places we fit." 

"Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first and open a path for others to follow."

"Choose someone who’ll push you to think beyond the surface, to go out of your comfort zone and uncover the memories and experiences that are the source of your WHY."

"Active listening is about hearing more than the words that are said. It’s about understanding the meaning, motivation or
emotion behind those words." 

"There is lots to learn about someone from their positive and negative experiences."

"Our struggles are the short-term steps we must take on our way to long-term success."

"A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust each other."

"People need to make the discovery on their own, and, for a group, that takes time. It won’t matter how wonderful the Why Statement sounds if no one in the organization feels ownership of it or is inspired to bring it to life in their work."

"The ability of a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team."

"The greatest contribution of a leader is to make other leaders."

"Find something positive in every situation and in every person."

"Learn something from everyone—Be open to the ideas and points of view of others; they all have something to teach us."

Quotes of wisdom by Simon Sinek
Find Your Why

Motivating Quotes

More Motivational Quotes:

• Arianna Huffington

The old adage that we should live every day as if it were our last usually means that we shouldn’t wait until death is imminent to begin prioritizing the things that really matter.
 
• Sean D. Young

The lesson is to focus on finding the right first step. Put all of your energy into achieving that first little step. Take the time to reflect on your progress. And then repeat.
 
• Richard Reed

The opposite of question everything is question nothing. And if you don’t question things, there’s no knowledge, no learning, no creativity, no freedom of choice, no imagination.