Why Are All Bosses Idiots? with Simon Sinek | What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

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• WH

  @WhatNowPodcast · 1 year ago · pinned

  Be one of the first subscribers to the podcast! https://bit.ly/SubscribeToWhatNowPodcast  🙌:stayhome: What are your thoughts on the episode?

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• DA

  @davidklotz11 · 1 year ago

  Something I'd push back on is this idea of separation between who you are at work and who you are as a person.  In my experience it gives a pass to people to ruin other people's lives and take no responsibility for their cruelty by saying "it's just business".  Secondly, society is set up for us to spend the majority of our lives at our jobs.  So what you are saying if you disregard that as a criteria to judge a person is that where someone spends most of their time and energy does not count towards whether they are considered a good person or not.

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• MI

  @MichaelMcAlexander · 6 months ago

  1.  I am not one who listens to promotional speakers because it usually involves an injection of bias and undeveloped or topical philosophy that is ambiguous or otherwise unhelpful.  In this video, I was enraptured listening to Simon.  I could spend hours listening to him, and I plan on doing so (as well as looking for a book from him).  2.  Touching on the topic of values in business, I was in my second interview for a six-figure job for which I was qualified but the opportunity had come after a long hiatus.  The second interview was going well until I was asked "What motivates you?"  I wasn't ready; for me, that is a personal question, and one with which I agree with Christiana-- I don't think a business should be asking me what drives me.  If that is what distinguishes me from whomever they hired, then I say they hired the right person for their culture.  I want my work to be meaningful and contribute to a greater purpose, but it doesn't mean I agree that it should be part of what defines me.  I can have a difficult day and still get the job done-- it's called maturity and emotional control.

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• ST

  @StrixHorror · 1 year ago

  I&apos;ll never understand why certain people insist on their own definitions...<br> &nbsp;It&apos;s just not how language works. &nbsp;The whole gossip conversation was PAIN.

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• JO

  @joyful · 1 year ago

  I mean....if someone says their boss is a terrible boss because they treat them unfairly, foster gossip and exclusionist activities, and vocally mock and disregard people&apos;s expertise....you could say that boss is also not a great person. &nbsp;There is still this unspoken rule that bosses get a free pass and staff should suck it up or move on. &nbsp;People are people and no one gets a free pass because the setting is the workplace.

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• AY

  @ayandamuringani5052 · 1 year ago

  Clapped when Simon said &quot;the answer is service&quot;&apos;. Couldnt agree more.

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• JE

  @jenniferciari204 · 1 month ago

  Noah needs to do a pod cast where he plays history teacher. Cuz they way he tells the stories of history make it digestible

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  @quallzone6219 · 1 year ago

  &quot;Do I seek to hire someone that is a cultural contributor or just a cultural fit?&quot; -- Great conversation!

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• AM

  @amandar.8531 · 1 year ago

  1) Childhood ends at 100 🙃<br><br>2) I personally don&apos;t seek to find purpose in my job cause what really matters is outside of it. I&apos;ve been part of layoffs one too many times, so I know that people are disposable. I get to use my skill set and make a living. That&apos;s all that matters.

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• RY

  @ryoleong · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BooPVxoRmEY&amp;t=2196">36:36</a> For lack of a better description, Lee Kuan Yew was the &quot;benevolent dictator&quot; that Singapore needed in our founding years. We are &quot;pragmatists&quot; rather than &quot;capitalist&quot; or &quot;socialist&quot;. So our nation&apos;s story may be good material for you guys...<br><br>On separating work with family, I see our lives as constantly moving about in a house. At one time I need to be in the kitchen, at others bedroom, toilet, bedroom etc. We have problems when we spend too much time in one room (eg., always at work). Some rooms&apos; privacy must be protected (space for spouse - bedroom, space for self - bathroom) and enough time must be allocated for them. There can be overlaps, when we share different rooms with some people (eg friends at work and social &quot;rooms&quot;). Discussions become difficult when we draw hard lines to separate family, social, work parts of life.

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• JE

  @JeeminMorganKim · 10 months ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BooPVxoRmEY&amp;t=1459">24:19</a> Another word Simon is looking for here is “Whisper Network”, one of the tactics people use to mitigate damage in an unsafe culture; this is also called “gossiping” by most people. &nbsp;<br><br>When Simon says “gossip is spreading rumors of unverified information whether or not it’s true”, he is in fact classifying Whisper Network as “gossip”.

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• MR

  @mryenn5817 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Whoa! Just watched these two geniuses on Simon&apos;s pod and now here? We are blessed!

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