Who Comes First: You or the Group? | Simon Sinek

there's a paradox to being human we are at every moment of every day living a paradox we are at every moment of every day inherently we are individuals and we're members of groups and every day we're forced to make decisions should i put myself first ahead of the group or should i put the group first ahead of myself and people debate it no no no you have to take care of the group because they'll take care of you no no no you have to take yourself because if you're not healthy how can you take care of your group you're both right and you're both wrong it's not one or it's a paradox and we have to deal with those stresses every day milgram i mean maslov only considered us as individuals so his pro his buddha's blind was was food and and security food and uh and shelter and the third line up was social connection i've never heard of anyone committing suicide because they were hungry people commit suicide because they're lonely which means social connection is probably more important than food to some degree again oh yeah yeah but you have to be fed first i guess i know it's a paradox i get it so to answer the question it's unbelievably difficult and if you only put yourself first and your team sees you always putting yourself first you will not command trust or loyalty in fact what will happen is they will put themselves first and that's going to be your corporate culture uh it is difficult and sacrifices need to be made everybody has the capacity to be a leader like everybody has the capacity to be a parent doesn't mean everybody should be a parent doesn't mean everybody wants to be a parent same with leadership not everybody wants to be a leader not everybody should be a leader because you're going to make personal sacrifices on both sides your family will be sacrificed at times to do the right thing for your people and sometimes you're gonna have to sacrifice your people to do the right things for yourself it's unbelievably difficult but if your family feels that you have their back they'll be supportive when you make those sacrifices and if your people feel that you have their back genuinely then they'll be supportive when you make those sacrifices you

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Published: Fri Oct 02 2020