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
The value of experimentation is not the trying. It's the trying again after the experiment fails.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The true value of experimentation lies not in the initial attempt, but in the perseverance to try again after failure.
This quote emphasizes the importance of resilience and determination in the face of failure. It suggests that experimentation and innovation are essential parts of progress, and the real lesson comes from the willingness to persist and adapt after setbacks, rather than simply trying something once and giving up.
Themes
ExperimentationFailureResilienceMotivationPerseverance
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used during a motivational speech to emphasize the importance of persistence in achieving goals.
More from Simon Sinek
All quotes βThe 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 donβt complain about whatβs 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
You ought to dream. All our biggest businessmen have been dreamers.
Ernest HemingwayRead
Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.
Barack ObamaRead
High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate your thoughts. The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.
Yann MartelRead
Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys who can really mean the difference between winning and losing.
Dwyane WadeRead
Attitude is an important part of the foundation upon which we build a productive life. A good attitude produces good results, a fair attitude poor results, a poor attitude poor results. We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude.
M. Russell BallardRead
The only limitations one has, are the ones they place on themselves
Muhammad AliRead