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To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.

Simon Sinek

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Simon Sinek
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: October 9
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Motivational Speaker
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Simon O. Sinek
Simon Oliver Sinek
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