To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.
Simon SinekRead
When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Financial investment leads to expectations of profit, while emotional investment seeks meaningful contributions.
This quote by Simon Sinek highlights the difference between financial and emotional investment in relationships or projects. Financially invested individuals typically expect tangible returns on their investment, reflecting a transactional mindset. In contrast, those who are emotionally invested prioritize the value of their contribution and the impact they have on others, emphasizing relationships and fulfillment over mere profit.
Themes
InvestmentRelationshipsContributionEmotionProfit
In practice
Example use cases
In a team meeting to emphasize the importance of emotional investment in collaborative projects.
More from Simon Sinek
All quotes →The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.
Simon SinekRead
Every company knows what they do _x000D_ Some know how they do it _x000D_ Very few know why
Simon SinekRead
Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
Simon SinekRead
We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.
Simon SinekRead
The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.
Simon SinekRead
Similar quotes
Here I was again tonight forcing laughter, faking smiles Same old tired, lonely place
Taylor SwiftRead
He always seemed to women different from what he was, and they loved in him not himself, but the man created by their imagination, whom they had been eagerly seeking all their lives; and afterwards, when they noticed their mistake, they loved him all the same.
Anton ChekhovRead
And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
William ShakespeareRead
Professional marriage counselors agree that the most productive and mature way to deal with marital anger is to stomp dramatically from the room. You want to make your move before the opponent does, because the first person to stomp from the room receives valuable Argument Points that can be redeemed for exciting merchandise at the Marital Prize Redemption Center.
Dave BarryRead
You can't make homes out of human beings.
Warsan ShireRead
Marriage is about becoming a team. You’re going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now and then, things blow up. But the beauty of marriage is that if you picked the right person and you both love each other, you’ll always figure out a way to get through it.
Nicholas SparksRead