After watching the video, I realised that the important thing about being a leader is being easy to follow. In the video, the leader is dancing on his own, and looks like he is crazy. But what he's doing is so simple, it's almost instructional.
As a leader, one needs to embrace his first follower as an equal, and not someone inferior to him. The first follower also plays an important role. In the video, the leader embraces his follower as an equal. It is not about the leader anymore - it's about them, plural. Being a first follower is an under-appreciated form of leadership. The first follower transforms a lone nut into a leader. If the leader is the flint, the first follower is the spark that makes the fire.
Followers are what make a movement. After the few follower, more people will join in. What makes the people want to join in is that the leader must be easy to follow and treats everyone as an equal. He does not care about himself, but more about what he is trying to do.
The first follower is also considered as a leader. He is what makes a lone nut a leader. He demonstrates that what the leader is doing is simple enough, the appearance of the first follower encourages more people to join it and have fin together. This is what sparks a movement.
--Jia Rong
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