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
Work requires effort. Things we love to do feel effortless. Only do the things you love and you'll never have to work again.
Interpretation
Pursuing what you love makes work feel effortless and enjoyable.
This quote suggests that when you engage in activities you are passionate about, they no longer feel like burdensome work. Instead, they become a source of joy and fulfillment, leading to a more engaging and productive life.
In practice
In a career development workshop, to inspire participants to pursue their passions.
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.
The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.
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Leaders donβt complain about whatβs not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.
The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.
I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.
Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.
I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.
Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone's disbelief.
It's easy to give up, and that's the one thing we cannot do. That's what gives me a reason for working: to leave people with a little more courage, with a little hope that has been nourished. Even if, of course, it's going to disappear, whatever touches one isn't lost forever.
What you persist in doing gets easier. The task hasn't changed, but your ability to do it has increased.
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