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When the FIFA gave the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, for example, they did so primarily because they paid a lot of money . They also reneged on fan and player privileges, like alcohol in stadiums and the LGBT armband . Fans slammed the FIFA for its short-term thinking. They boycotted ticket sales, jerseys, and even stopped watching altogether.
Business is an infinite game. If you play it, think long-term , cooperate with others, and try to keep playing rather than win.
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For years, Sinek had a silent competition going with Adam Grant, author of Originals . When he finally met him at an event, Sinek realized: “The way I saw him had nothing to do with him. It had to do with me.”
Instead o...
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Having read about half of its chapters, I’m pretty sure this isn’t Simon Sinek’s best book but still well worth your time. For the basics of finite and infinite games, read
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Sinek quotes a study that suggests S&P 500 company lifespans have declined by over 40 years, from 61 on average to 18. Why? Fewer and fewer companies try to advance a “Just Cause.”
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Soccer is an excellent example of a finite game. There’s a limited field on which the game is played. The rules are clear. There’s a set time for when the game begins and ends, a mechanism for keeping score, and a list of winners and losers after the fact.
Naturally, finite games inspire s...
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Business, relationships, and education, on the other hand, are infinite games. There’s no defined beginning or end. New players join all the time. Others leave. There are rules, but they too constantly change. What the players do once they’re on the field is largely up to them, and the goal is to...
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This marks the difference between a company that thinks with a finite mindset and one that thinks with an infinite mindset. The concept stems from a 1984 book by James Carse, called Finite and Infinite ...
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The Infinite Game argues that business is not a competition but an infinite journey, and that to do well in it, leaders must advance a “Just Cause,” build trusting teams, learn from their “Worthy Rivals,” an...
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At one point, both Apple and Microsoft invited Simon Sinek to present at their education summits within the span of a few m...
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"Our lives are finite, but life is infinite. We are the finite players in the infinite dame of life. We come and go, we're born and we die, and life still continues with or without us."
-Simon Sinek
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The 17-year-old ambitious athlete who throws a tantrum every time he loses a game, the 42-year-old CFO who sometimes fails to see the big picture for all the numbers, and anyone who wants to build a business that can survive for 100 years or more.
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