English - Author | October 9, 1973 -
Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making.
Simon Sinek
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Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second.
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I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.
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There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers.
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In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.
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Spending time with the military certainly lends itself to some remarkable experiences, and I've been privileged to have had my share.
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Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.
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During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.
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I have friends who are majorly into the cosplay culture and have urged me to go to a convention for no other reason than to meet others like me.
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Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, then try to figure out a process of how to get it. People who shouldn't be entrepreneurs see the standard process they need to go through to get the thing they want or need then decide if they want to go through that process.
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Leave America and you'll find that the consumers in many other countries enjoy watching advertising. Not because the products are better, but because the ads are produced to be entertaining. Sometimes they are funny. Sometimes they are dramatic. Sometimes they are just beautiful.
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The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.
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