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Simon Sinek · 244 episodes with transcripts

My career is an accident. It started when I set out to rediscover my passion and reignite a spark I’d lost — and that journey led me to the work I do now. If you know me from my books or my speaking, you know I’m fascinated by why people do what they do.

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Revisited: The Power of Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well with Gymshark Founder and CEO Ben Francis

October 20, 2026

Simon Sinek (0:00)

I don't think I'm your core Gymshark customer, but I'm absolutely in love with your company because I preach these models of infinite mindedness and that committing to something bigger than yourself and ensuring that it can outlast you in its current form is very rare.

Ben Francis (0:18)

I think, you know, getting a bit older, we've got three kids now, everyone wants to be a cool dad, right? And I think there's nothing cooler than building something that really stands the test of time.

Simon Sinek (0:28)

I am an idealist. The things that I write about, the things that I speak about are about an ideal version of the way the world and business could work. But every now and then, every now and then, I get to meet a company that, well, it's hard for me to be accused of being a crazy idealist if what I imagine exists in…

I think you know this. I'm a huge fan of yours.

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