English - Author | October 9, 1973 -
It is only from the people I've had the good fortune to meet that I am learning the lessons to guide me. Baz Luhrmann, director of 'Moulin Rouge,' for example, has a childlike curiosity about the world. He doesn't pretend to know all the answers - quite the opposite, in fact. He asks loads of questions of everyone.
Simon Sinek
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Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful.
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The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.
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If no one ever broke the rules, then we'd never advance.
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The irony is, the advertising industry knows everyone hates what they produce. This is why they keep looking for new ways to force people to stay tuned.
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Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.
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Over 90% of people go home at the end of the day feeling unfulfilled by their work, and I won't stop working until that statistic is reversed - until over 90% of people go home and can honestly say, 'I love what I do.'
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The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.
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To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world.
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Listening is active. At its most basic level, it's about focus, paying attention.
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I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.
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The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.
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