Simon Sinek

Explains how the unending, constantly evolving challenges of business can be better served through an "infinite mindset," sharing inspiring examples of how a shift in perspective can promote stronger, more enduring organizations.

The Infinite Game

Extremely long book that could’ve been a 1 minute TikTok video

Ale M

Julien Sobczak

Why winning sometimes means losing.

Finite games are familiar. Some player wins. Some don't.

Infinite games are different. Nobody wins but everyone loses when they stop playing. Life is the perfect example. You can't be the best at living and you will lose in the end. Business is another example, a great game largely played with finite rules…

I love (not just like 😉) this book. Learning about finite and infinite games is mind-changing. I always knew that well playing the game of life requires a non-obvious approach. I always assumed the same for work but reading this book reinforced my ideas. Playing business as an infinite game is not just a good idea, it's the only option.

The argumentation is solid, the tone highly engaging, and above all, the numerous stories of famous companies are fascinating. Any leader must read this book. But few will. So you should seriously consider adding this book to your reading list. "I wrote this book not to convert those who defend the status quo," says the author, "I wrote this book to rally those who are ready to challenge that status quo." We need new leaders with the courage to lead for our best interests as individuals, as companies, as communities and as species.

In the end, we want to be remembered for what we did for others, including at work. We want to wake up inspired to go to work and come back fulfilled. We want to consider the impact of our actions on future generations and not just the profit of the immediate quarter. I hope this book will help people realize that a finite mindset must no longer feel natural at work.

The New York Times-bestselling author of Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, and Together Is Better offers a bold new approach to business strategy by asking one question: are you playing the finite game or the infinite game? In The Infinite Game, Sinek applies game theory to explore how great businesses achieve long-lasting success. He finds that building long-term value and healthy, enduring growth - that playing the infinite game - is the only thing that matters to your business.

How Great Businesses Achieve Long-lasting Success

Mike

Must Read

Simon Sinek explains why humans must think about others when reaching for their goals. I’m going to come off as a hippie if i try to explain. Read it and you’ll understand what i mean. It’s short anyway. Took ME a day.

Ben Jenkins

Sierra Nguyen

Using examples from real-life businesses, the book explores the concept of Finite vs. Infinite Game. Finite-minded leaders are known to put fast growth and profits above all else, whereas Infinite-minded leaders look to advance their Just Cause and care for their people, thus, ensure the growth of their businesses in a long run. 
Outside the business world, the book reminds us to live for a cause greater than ourselves and to support those around us.

Lee Herman

Quarterly results or sustainable enterprise founded on a just cause, able to flex and change to continue pursuing the just cause, while putting people first. Sinek explains why the latter approach is both sustainable and profitable.

Rick Dobrowolski

The main point of this book is a valuable lesson to learn. However, everything that needed to be said could have been said in a blog post length as most of the book was just a bunch of corporate examples. Some were compelling; some were far-fetched; some were engaging; some were trite and forced.

I appreciate Simon Sinek’s work and enjoy most of it. I learned from this book but did not enjoy it.

Volkan Yorulmaz

If there are at least two players, a game exists. And there are two kinds of games: finite games and infinite games.

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Matt Birchler

I really loved this book. It speaks to some great truths about leadership and how to make sure your company, whether you run it or not, is heading the right direction. Highly, highly recommended.

Hooman Askari

An essential read for entrepreneurs, managers, and perhaps life itself.

Ilia Markov

Nothing I disagree with in the concepts outlined in the book, but it's a fairly standard run of the mill business book that introduces a bunch of "inspirational" concepts.

An essential book for entrepreneurs, managers, and maybe life itself.

Lauren Robinson

جيهانار ✨🪄🌻

Ali Angco

Nick Copelin

Colton McCurdy

Linus Stieldorf

Kevin Heinrich

Manuel Steinberg

From the New York Times bestselling author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last, a bold framework for leadership in today’s ever-changing world. How do we win a game that has no end? Finite games, like football or chess, have known players, fixed rules and a clear endpoint. The winners and losers are easily identified. Infinite games, games with no finish line, like business or politics, or life itself, have players who come and go. The rules of an infinite game are changeable while infinite games have no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers—only ahead and behind. The question is, how do we play to succeed in the game we’re in? In this revelatory new book, Simon Sinek offers a framework for leading with an infinite mindset. On one hand, none of us can resist the fleeting thrills of a promotion earned or a tournament won, yet these rewards fade quickly. In pursuit of a Just Cause, we will commit to a vision of a future world so appealing that we will build it week after week, month after month, year after year. Although we do not know the exact form this world will take, working toward it gives our work and our life meaning. Leaders who embrace an infinite mindset build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring organizations. Ultimately, they are the ones who lead us into the future.

The Infinite Game

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