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Start with Why

How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

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Start with Why

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The inspirational best seller that ignited a movement and asked us to find our why.

Discover the book that is captivating millions on TikTok and that served as the basis for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time - with more than 56 million views and counting. Over a decade ago, Simon Sinek started a movement that inspired millions to demand purpose at work, to ask what was the why of their organization. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, and these ideas remain as relevant and timely as ever.

Start with Why asks (and answers) the questions: Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over?

People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with why. They realized that people won't truly buy into a product, service, movement, or idea until they understand the why behind it.

Start with Why shows that the leaders who have had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate the same way - and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with why.

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"Start with Why is one of the most useful and powerful books I have read in years. Simple and elegant, it shows us how leaders should lead.” (William Ury, coauthor of Getting to Yes)

"Start with Why fanned the flames inside me. This book can lead you to levels of excellence you never considered attainable.” -General Chuck Horner, air boss, Desert Storm)

“Each story will force you to see things from an entirely different perspective. A perspective that is nothing short of the truth.” (Mokhtar Lamani, former ambassador, special envoy to Iraq)

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awesome book with a great message!

this bug help me reevaluate my life goals and help me start on a New Journey to find myself.

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The Power of Why

Although I’ve always thought of myself as an entrepreneur, I realize now that I didn’t have purpose. To me it was a just a way to make a living on my own terms. Start with Why has given me an entirely new perspective on how to succeed with purpose.
I highly recommend this book for anyone serious about starting their own business. This is an invaluable tool for your toolkits. Dig deep, Start with Why, and change the world.

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Great for motivation on whatever you do in life

I really enjoyed this book. The back stories to many companies was amazing and really shows how companies thrive or fail when when looking back at why they started in the first place. The stories are many times repeated in different ways but the repetition is important in remembering the message. This is something Nathan Hill and Zig Zigler did in many of their books. I highly recommend to listen to this book when wanting to go out in anything that you do.

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Excellent book!

This is an excellent book that I’ve heard a lot about over the years but have never gotten around to reading until now. I plan on having my leadership team read this important book and for us to continue to seek to start with why in everything we do.

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Must read not once but several times

This was one of the best books on business I have read “listen to” in a long time. This information is necessary to make all the other business advice work to their maximum. “Starting with Why” is the only way to run a business, and more importantly make it flourish. Thanks, Simon Sinek for helping me re-focus my business. I’ll email you in 6-months to update you on how we’re doing.

Live with passion,
www.PassionateWoman.org

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I needed this!

I am 7 months into the launch of a new business. I am in need of answering the "why" and I think I have a good answer and I need to make sure my customers realize it. it is a very dark and difficult time for me at the moment and this book might be the very inspiration that makes success a reality. Time will tell. I would recommend this book to anyone operating their own business. ideally this is a book you should read before you launch your business. But it's just as applicable to someone who's already been in business.

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This book will change your life!!!

Start with "why" when you think about it, it's such a simple concept, but it's actually a lot deeper than you would think. This book make you go through a mind switch on every aspect of your life and the skills you leatn from here will acompony you for the rest of your life!

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Your How and Your What Must Reflect Your Why

Simon Sinek explains in the book that "why" is your belief, "how" is an action, and "what" is the result. Simply, by acting upon shared beliefs, and having the results reflect those beliefs, you can inspire others to take action and become loyal to your cause. He has so many excellent examples of good and bad leadership, and explains the importance of selflessness.

"Start With Why" has changed my perspective entirely. Now I always try and understand the why. Since listening to this book, I have been asking more of the right questions and been able to create solutions. Also, I now have the ability to analyze a leader's "what" and "how", and determine their "why" if it is not entirely clear. When the why isn't clear or it's not right, that's when I know that I need to take action. I've begun to notice that my leadership who fail to explain why (their beliefs) might be doing so on purpose because they are ashamed of it. They know they are wrong, but it's out of selfishness that they continue this way.

Thank You Simon Sinek, for putting what I have always felt into words.

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Amazing

Amazing, Amazing, Amazing. Every Business Owner and/or Entrepreneur should read this book multiple times throughout their journey!

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Inspiring and mind-blowing

This book fixed my broken perspective and recentered my heart. The idea seems simple, but Sinek shows us so many examples of where not starting with Why fails or why losing your sense of Why is devastating. This is a great read/listen for anyone, businesses, churches, non-profits, or just individuals. Get ready to be inspired.

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