Candid Conversations: The Infinite Game with Simon Sinek
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this installment of Candid Conversations, John Maxwell and Mark Cole chat with author and speaker Simon Sinek about his new book, The Infinite Game. Simon shares what inspired him to write the book, as well as five practices that you need to continually embrace in order to play the "infinite game."
John and Simon discuss the implications of capitalism's priority shift to putting profits before people and, alternately, the impact on business culture when capitalism is used to serve the people.
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References:
The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to the John Maxwell Leadership Podcast Mark Cole here and I cannot believe |
| 0:12.0 | what I'm getting ready to tell you. |
| 0:14.1 | You are in for a surprise today because John Maxwell and I are in Birmingham, Alabama, |
| 0:19.5 | John Maxwell just shared the stage with Simon Sinek. |
| 0:23.5 | And when he started talking about his infinite gain, John and Simon then went into a Q&A and |
| 0:29.5 | I'm going to tell you guys it was magical. |
| 0:31.3 | I'm so excited to hear you guys debrief this content. |
| 0:35.0 | But John, I'm going to throw it to you because we always want to hear from you. |
| 0:38.4 | I don't think I have heard you talk about a book you have read like you're talking about |
| 0:43.3 | Simon Sinek's new book, The Infinite Game in a long time. |
| 0:46.8 | And I travel with you. |
| 0:47.8 | I've been with you 20 years. |
| 0:49.5 | This book has impacted you. |
| 0:51.4 | So guys, I can't wait to hear you guys talk about the book Simon. |
| 0:54.9 | Thank you so much for being here, my friend. |
| 0:57.2 | John, tell us a little bit about the book. |
| 0:58.6 | And then let's talk with Simon. |
| 1:00.2 | Thanks Mark. |
| 1:01.2 | Simon, thanks for coming with us. |
| 1:02.2 | I appreciate it. |
| 1:03.2 | We've had a blast today, haven't we? |
| 1:05.2 | It's been a fantastic week. |
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