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Start with Why
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Start with Why

How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

by Simon Sinek

Recommended by 12 notable people, including Richard Branson and Alfred Lin

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Length:Medium(257 pages)

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Recommended by 20 sources and appears in Branding, Storytelling, and New Business.

The inspiring, life-changing bestseller by the author of LEADERS EAT LAST and TOGETHER IS BETTER In 2009, Simon Sinek started a movement to help people become more inspired at work, and in turn inspire their colleagues and customers. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, including more than 28 million who have watched his TED Talk based on Start With Why -- the third most popular TED video of all time. Sinek opens by asking some fundamental 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…

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Recommended by 20 sources and appears in Branding, Storytelling, and New Business.

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Ann Handley

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Jonathan Sacks

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Alfred Lin

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