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

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Pros

Successful companies understand their core purpose -- their why -- and use it to guide everything they do. To truly inspire people to follow you, it is paramount to establish why you do what you do. It is about an emotive narrative that can communicat... Read More

Cons

Gates put a pc on every desk” is ludicrous. If some of it is manipulation, all of it are manipulation. A lot of people work to make money and maintain their lifestyles and simply don't care about the purpose of their employer.

While the premise of the book isn't groundbreaking or even insightful, the redundancy makes this the most tedious book i've ever touched. It starts with a mediocre premise then bludgeons the reader with repetition and doesn't stop.

The author mentions apple so many times that even if he had a point to make (other than his own opinion), it would be lost on his raving and overly worded love of apple. It’s more self branding than experience. I really wish i could have the time and ... Read More

Nothing in the book is original or anything more than rudimentary fourth grade level reading. The book leaves its readers with no lasting impact or action plan. Book has no value outside of fuel for a fire.

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Quality

Start with the inner circle and work your way out

Start with the “why” clearly explaining the purpose cause or belief

Instead of focusing on price features service and quality sinek suggests a reversal of priorities

Steve jobs wanted to buck the system and empower the individual as we see with the personal ‘i’ that precedes all of apple’s product names

Price

I know now what sets companies apart and why price doesnt matter the most

Competitiveness

Love all his books and it eally makes a differnce if you can follow his concepts

Apple doesn’t come out with cheaper and sleeker products in order to beat their competition they have a company ethos that creates loyalty

Politicians who know why they are running for election don’t worry about their competition they simply shout their message out ... Read More

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This product had a total of 35,757 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 26 2023.