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How great leaders inspire action

All organizations and careers function on 3 levels. What you do, How you do it and Why you do it. The problem is, most don’t even know that Why exists.

Simon Sinek delivers a simple presentation at TED (with a flip chart and a pen for visuals) about the importance of starting from Why. 

The leaders who inspire us all think, act and communicate the exact same way and it's the complete opposite to everyone else. Those who inspire are not driven with what they do, they are driven with WHY they do it. Leaders make people subscribe to a vision and a worldview. Leaders make people follow them. Simon, refers to the example of Martin Luther King, who didn't say "I have a plan ...", but said "I have a dream .."