What is a leader? A leader is someone with the guts to go out there, to stand out, and to be ridiculed. In the video shown, the 'leader' looks like a lunatic dancing crazily by himself. However, since his actions were so simple and almost instructional, it allows followers to rapidly learn and act. He also treats his followers (especially the first few) as equals, not as inferior people who just copied what he did. This, in turn encourages more followers.
Also, it seems like the first guy did all the work and should hold all the credit for starting this movement, it is actually his first follower that helped him start his movement. We cannot all be leaders, as someone has to step up ands be the first follower. This 'generates' more followers and the action eventually becomes a movement. Therefore, we must have the courage to follow, and show others how to follow.
To start a movement, i also believe that the leader has to believe and love what he is doing. If he does not love and believe in what he is starting, i believe no one would be convinced enough to follow. Like the leader in this video, he was dancing hardly and does not care about other people's views. When no one joined him for the first few moments, he did not stop, he was not dejected. He carried on and did whatever he believes in doing, which might have been the reason he even had a follower.
"The first follower transforms a lone nut into a leader." Therefore, when we see something are supportive of, we should never be too afraid to step up, to be the first to follow.
Zheng Boya
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