Who is Simon Sinek and what can entrepreneurs learn from him? Simon Sinek is one of the nation’s top motivational speakers. He is also the author of two popular books,Read More
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]]>Simon Sinek is one of the nation’s top motivational speakers. He is also the author of two popular books, Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last, and is very active in the world of non-profit ventures. Most notably Simon Sinek is a TED speaker where he motivates others in regards to leadership and is also a professor at Columbia University.
His books pertain to teaching leaders how they can motivate others to inspiration. Innovation is about building the future, but not just building it. It is also about solving the problems that are in the present. Simon Sinek helps us to learn this. The main gist of the leadership courses is to teach leaders how to inspire and take action. Mr. Sinek also has a 30-minute course available that teaches the art of these subjects. There are many ideas that one can take from the books and courses he gives. Some of these are listed here with brief explanations.
When people enter on a stage or in a room and start speaking immediately, it is most often done out of fear, or insecurity. Rather, walk in quietly, gather your thoughts and take a deep breath before beginning. This will show your group or audience that you are confident and in charge.
Most people will lose interest when they feel they are being sold on something. When they lose interest, you lose. When you give people something of value, you gain their attention. When you have their attention, teach them something unique, something valuable and something that will inspire them. The audience gives a gift of thanks when they applaud for you, give them the thanks they deserve by thanking them first.
Eye contact is key to trust and understanding. Spanning the audience visually is obvious to that audience. Take the time to look each person in the eyes, or as many as possible. By doing so, you will see a look of confusion, or the look of understanding. Either way, you play off that. If further explanation is needed, do so. If not, move on. When giving a speech or a lecture, speak slowly and enunciate each word. This will give your audience members a clear understanding and clear communication builds trust and value. When a person is nervous, their speech pattern picks up and you speak faster, the faster your heart races. When you speak slowly, you capture the attention of your audience.
Telling yourself that you are excited, and not nervous this will build that excitement higher, in turn transferring that excitement to your audience. When you are a great leader you inspire greatness in others. By being the leader that others look to, you build value in the company and the employees. When you articulate everything about why you do what you do, will you succeed at inspiring others to do what they do.
Keep the motivation and inspiration happening. Beginning with why will teach all what it is. A person needs to set goals in all areas of their lives, not just in business. These goals should include discipline, clarity and consistency in all areas. No action should be changed even one time for any reason. A good leader will lead by example and listen to his followers. Give some service to those who serve your purpose.
All successful leaders know that there is a method to what they do and how they do these things. They teach, they listen, they follow and they believe with all their being that the business is right and it is successful. They are willing to do what it takes, while setting the limits on themselves to prevent over-doing many things. Good leaders make their followers feel safe and secure.
Begin with innovation. Innovation is not just the dream of a person; it is the action one takes to achieve the dream and the goals. In order to achieve the future, one must solve the problems of the present. One must figure out another way to achieve success if the original idea does not work or function as intended.
Simon Sinek teaches his attendees that leaders must be grateful for his followers. They must give back, which is innovation in its purest form. When you have the positive in your speeches, in your actions, you will also have the ones that do not believe, that do not understand. In order to stay confident, focus on the positive reactions. The people who are shaking their heads in the affirmative, who nod in agreement and who are visibly engaged, these are the ones who want to succeed.
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]]>A summary of things you should know about Third Circle Theory according to Pejman Ghadimi: Introduction In this episode Pejman Ghadimi, also known as PJ, shares his book, Third CircleRead More
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]]>In this episode Pejman Ghadimi, also known as PJ, shares his book, Third Circle Theory where he reveals the birth of entrepreneurship.
In his book, Ghadimi provides you with a reflection of yourself through the different stages you will go through in life in order to become an entrepreneur. After reading his book you will walk away understanding how much more of life you have control of than you actually think.
This book is perfect for the wantrepreneur who is searching for a way into entrepreneurship by overcoming fear and ultimately taking control of life.
First off most entrepreneur books out there are actually business books, they aren’t entrepreneur books. Very, very few books actually break down the difference between business and entrepreneurship. Business is about profit, and entrepreneurship is about value creation. They are completely two different faces in something that has been merged together by society in general. But also my book is not really an entrepreneur book; it’s more like entrepreneurial awareness and in general life awareness. It is about the birth of entrepreneurship but the book itself has no relevance in terms of business aspects and how to actually market your business. It’s rather a reflection of one person’s self through the different stages they go through in life in order to become entrepreneurs.
I want everyone to read this book from the first line to the last line. If you don’t you won’t actually understand the core concept of the book.
I want more people to walk away understanding how much more of life they have control of than they actually think. To overcome their fears is part of that equation but taking control of their life is the key part of this book.
The book is written in a manner that creates self-reflection. I describe a lot of aspects that I’ve encountered in my life however this book is not about me, it’s about you. If you’re reading this book you will find yourself ultimately pausing a lot after each section and self-reflecting on if these things that I explain are applicable to you or not.
I believe that everybody in life goes through three different circles and so I’ve broken up an individual’s life into three different segments that everyone, no matter who you are, will ultimately either go through some or all of these depending on how far you get in life. And by how far you get in life I am not referring to how much money you make.
The first circle is the one we are all born into and it’s called the Circle of Circumstance – The mastery of circumstance. We are all born into an environment and that differs for everybody. Some of us are born poor, some born rich, some born in climates that allow business to occur and others to a third world country. Regardless of where we are born we are still born into this world into a circumstance and mastering circumstance is one of the key things we must do in order to be able to be effective in our lives. The day you take control of your life is when you understand that whatever your circumstance is it is not the reason why you are going to be successful or not successful. Things like fear, goals and habits are things we are all born with and adhere to based on the environment we are born into but we don’t have to. So this first circle teaches you how to master your circumstance, how to take control of your life regardless of how good or bad it is and regardless of what fears you face.
The second circle is The Mastery of Society. A lot of people understand that regardless of where you are, you belong to a society and no matter how advanced or behind that society is you still have to learn to master it in order to gain a voice in it. Part of mastering a society involves making money and without learning how to make money it is very hard for a society to actually hear out what you have to say. Most people we see in our society have had success and typically that success is defined by how much money they have made and therefore they earn a voice within that realm. It is important in life that no matter how much of an outcast we want to be or how much of an individualized person we want to be, we have to master the element of the society we live in. We need to understand how to actually make money so that we are able to function and go past it. Most people get stuck in this circle because they’re not able to get past the fears and take control of their circumstance from the first circle.
A few people are very successful in society and transition on into the third circle – The Mastery of Life. The mastery of life occurs in a very different state because it has no relevance to money. This is about the mastery of one self rather than the mastery of how you belong to society of people. One of the main things about entrepreneurship is it really takes place in this circle. A lot of people don’t divide the difference in being self-employed and entrepreneurship. If you are in business and self-employed you are still in the second circle and its one purpose is to make a profit. However, when you choose to take on entrepreneurship it is because you are out there to try to facilitate the way we do business. Your primary goal no longer becomes to make money; your primary goal becomes to create change. Once we’ve mastered how society works, we’ve understood how to take control of our circumstance we come up with an idea for us to improve the way things work.
“Success in society is defined by money. So therefore in life the only commonality that all human beings have regardless of their circumstances is ultimately one thing we are all born with is fear. And therefore the one who is able to master their fears the fastest is ultimately the one who has mastered life the fastest. “- Pejman Ghadimi
I am the founder of The Secret Entourage. My background was spending about six years as an Executive Vice President for Fortune 500 and from there I went on to start two seven figure businesses, one in consulting and the other in the luxury lifestyle arena. And later found that money was no longer the focus in my life and therefore founded Secret Entourage to help younger individuals who don’t have access to great leadership, mentorship or education find the real life knowledge for free.
My mom was the inspiration that led me to becoming very self-aware and the books ideology is about helping others become very self-aware. The inspiration was ultimately seeing her life of sacrifice and really giving birth to all the learning that I have had the opportunity to learn throughout the years into this book.
Start With Why by Simon Sinek
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