Authentic and powerful principles of leaders who eat last

Marine leaders are expected to eat last because 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

– Simon Sinek in Leaders Eat Last

Do those you follow eat last?

I mean do they put your well being first on their agenda?

Or is it the other way around?

In his brilliant book, Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek challenges the idea of leadership and what leaders are supposed to do.

See his talk below.

In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.