Reading+and+Reflection+3

Austin Zeimet EDU 699 11/10/2010 ﻿work cited: []
 * How Great Leaders Inspire Action by Simon Sinek **

media type="custom" key="7492525" width="230" height="230" In this article by Simon Sinek the topic of how people become successfull in leadership roles. The presenter started by describing how the brain is broken down into different areas to process thoughts, feelings, and decisions. Then Mr. Sinek brought up his idea of the golden circle which is three circle one inside the next and the words: why, how, and what in a circle from inside out. He then talk about the largest circle the what circle as everyone what they do. Then he talk about the middle how circle as some people know how they do things, but very few make it to the inner why circle of knowing why they do things. The presenter stated that most people and companies talk from the outside circle in, but the leaders and innovators talk from the inside circles out. Then he went back to brain and said that are brain is shape in the same layered style with the outer what part covering rational thought and logic; the how layer deals with feelings, and the inner layer deals with decisions. Then Mr. Sinek used the line; people buy why you do things not what you do, and the brain structures prove it. Finally the presenter mixed in examples of Apple, the Wright brothers, and Martin Luther King Jr this in as leaders who talk from the inside out and that is the reason why they are successfull and leaders in business, innovations, and building a following.
 * Article Summary **

This article captivated me with this way of thinking about how we communicate with others. When Mr. Sinek talk about Martin Luther King Jr. and how he told people what he believe not what should be done as how he achieve a mass following was eye opening to me. This makes me think how I talk to my students if I tell why we do this not just what they have to do in class. I truly believe in his thought that if you hire someone to do a job they will work for the money they receive, but if you hire someone because they belief what you do they will work and give you their blood sweat and tears. I can see this in schools and if a staff buys into what the principal is preaching then the school overall is much better than a school whose teachers are just there to get a paycheck. Finally he talks about the difference between a leader and people who lead. I want to be a person who leads that inspires and gets people to follow because they want to; versus a leader who simply holds power and people have to follow because they are forced to. This Ted talk open my eyes to some things that I had not thought of and may help me be a more effective teacher.
 * Reflection **