So here is another video from Ted Talks that I ran across today entitled How to Start a Movement. Let’s just say this isn’t exactly what I expected to see, but it sparked some interesting thoughts. We are often taught to be leaders and not followers, but who are leaders if not for anyone following their crazy path. This short speech puts an interesting twist on it by saying:
“The first follower is what transforms a lone NUT into a leader“.
This was both funny and thought provoking. There are many times when we see some crazy person doing something that, deep down, we think looks like a hell of a lot of fun. More often than not, we do not participate. UNTIL, someone else is just slightly crazy enough to join in. Before you know it, it’s suddenly NOT cool to be ordinary and to not participate. Many times we see people who stand out as being a little “out there”, but when that first follower joins in, and the third, and fourth, etc., it becomes less and less weird, and eventually becomes more of a movement.
LOL,I love this -”The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.” This directly applies to us…that lone nut was not afraid to take a risk and stand out from the crowd.