Simon Sinek Quotes
Trust has two dimensions: competence and integrity. We will forgive mistakes of competence. Mistakes of integrity are harder to overcome.
Sinek, Simon. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't. Portfolio/Penguin, 2014.
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Referring to his opponent in the 1926 New York gubernatorial race, incumbent Governor Al Smith:
There is no written record of this speech nor any official eye wittness accounts. It is generally attributed however to Lincoln though some identify it with the famous promoter, Phineas Taylor Barnum, 1810-1891.
While there are dramatic exceptions such as during the Nixon and George W. Bush administrations, compared to most other nations were the indicator of official lying is a leader’s lips moving, the United States is among the leading nations with respect to official deception of the citizens.
Simon Oliver Sinek is a British-American author and inspirational speaker. He is the author of five books, including Start With Why (2009) and The Infinite Game (2019).