Simon Sinek Quotes

Too many leaders are so caught up in the momentum of work that they lose sight of the opportunity to connect with people. I discovered that the more fully present I was with other people, the more fully present they were with me, and the more productive our relationship became over time.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

The Harvard Business Review recently had an article called 'The Human Moment,' about how to make real contact with a person at work: ... The fundamental thing you have to do is turn off your BlackBerry, close your laptop, end your daydream and pay full attention to the person.

Believe it or not, there are interesting elements in everyone. So, if I can't talk to everybody for at least 7 to 10 minutes, then I'm in the wrong profession.

We lack social awareness because we're so focused on what we're going to say next - and how what other people are saying affects us - that we completely lose sight of other people. This is a problem because people are complicated. You can't hope to understand someone until you focus all of your attention in his or her direction.

I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

One of the things that I think I do well as a CEO is that I'm present. When I'm with my employees, I'm there in the moment.

I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.

But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated.

Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen.

I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.

You watch Bono in a room - and we're talking about a room of thousands swarming around him - he'll take every single person and make that moment about them. You can pat him on the back or pull his arm, he's not looking away from the person he's talking to.

Listening is the most under rated part of my profession.

I just think there's a real art in listening. I need to listen.

Presence is in the eye and ear and gut of the beholder. When you are totally present in a conversation or in a meeting, others around you perceive you as totally focused on the matter at hand and on being of value to them.

I think it is really important that I am always listening.

More and more I've come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another. Whether the other be an adult or a child, our engagement in listening to who that person is can often be our greatest gift. Whether that person is speaking or playing or dancing, building or singing or painting, if we care, we can listen.

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

Giving something your time isn't the same as giving it your attention.

Were you listening to a word I said ' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth.

To feel as well as hear what someone says requires whole attention.

The art of conversation lies in listening.