“Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.”

— Simon Sinek

Source: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

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British/American author and motivational speaker 1973

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