TED - Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action - 2009

I listened to a few TED talks before I came across the one by Simon Sinek. At first, I thought it was slow and the lighting for the talk was not great.  But, I thought I would carry on listening to what he had to say as he mentioned Apple, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, and the Wright Brothers.  I wondered what the connection might be given the historical significance and the gaps in time.

Sinek continues to explain that all parties had something different and there was some other factor involved.  At this point I thought it was going to be some sort of a sales pitch.

Sinek then discloses the discovery of a pattern in 2005 which changed his view as to how he thought the world worked and caused him to change the way he functions in it.

Sinek boldly states that “all the great inspiring leaders and organizations in the world, whether it's Apple or Martin Luther King or the Wright brothers, they all think, act and communicate the exact same way”.

He then draws what he calls the “Golden Circle” and explains Why? How? What?  At this point I am totally engrossed and something inside me tells me that this is going to be amazing.

Whilst the explanation carries on, I am finding links to the reason why I want to teach and just wish I came across this talk a few years back.  A few key words which rang a few bells for me were Believe, Behaviour, Inspire, Communicate, and Why?

I listened to the remaining talk and then took a look around his website (www.startwithwhy.com).

As much as I want to write more and share this amazing talk by Sinek, I would like you to take that journey and visit the site and watch and listen, and make your own connection with

Why? How? What?

References:

https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action/transcript?language=en (Accessed on: 15 January 2016).

https://www.startwithwhy.com/ (Accessed on: 15 January 2016).