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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek
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The Circle of Safety is the most essential part in the book. Everyone needs to feel safe both physically and mentally. As a leader, we have to ensure that our employees feel safe at the workplace.
Four chemicals in the brain:
1. Endorphin: the pain-masking chemical
2. Dopamine: the goal achieving chemical
3. Serotonin: the leadership chemical
4. Oxytocin: the chemical of love
These four chemicals has two separate categories:
1. Selfish chemicals - Endorphin and Dopamine help us get things done and achieve more.
2. Selfless chemicals - Serotonin and Oxytocin strengthen our social bonds create meaningful connection/collaboration.
Three actions:
1. Create Safety
2. Create Trust
3. Look harder for dangers inside than dangers outside.
Some best quotes:
“We are not victims of our situation. We are the architects of it.”
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
“The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.”
Four chemicals in the brain:
1. Endorphin: the pain-masking chemical
2. Dopamine: the goal achieving chemical
3. Serotonin: the leadership chemical
4. Oxytocin: the chemical of love
These four chemicals has two separate categories:
1. Selfish chemicals - Endorphin and Dopamine help us get things done and achieve more.
2. Selfless chemicals - Serotonin and Oxytocin strengthen our social bonds create meaningful connection/collaboration.
Three actions:
1. Create Safety
2. Create Trust
3. Look harder for dangers inside than dangers outside.
Some best quotes:
“We are not victims of our situation. We are the architects of it.”
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
“The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.”