"Derek Sivers: How to start a movement"

In the Video, Derek Sivers uses humorous footage to explain how a movement really gets started, exploring the significance not only of leaders, but of those who have the courage to follow. Sivers’s choice of this example suggests that leadership happens all the time in all kinds of everyday situations.

I think that a leader should be one that embraces the followers, have a sense of community and also, be confident in what he is doing. For example, the leader in the video, the dancing guy, needs to feel confident that others will join in dancing with them, that they are a part of a growing group and can learn and teach within that group.

Leaders are not the only people that are involved in a movement. The followers are an important part in the movement too. Particularly, the first follower plays an important role in making a movement. As there can only be a few leaders, someone has to be the first follower. This will "inspire" more followers to join and this action will eventually lead a movement. The first follower must also be confident and brave enough to join the movement, and not to be afraid of being called "two lone nuts". Therefore, we should learn to have the courage to follow, and "inspire" others to follow too. 

"A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But what he’s doing is so simple, it’s almost instructional. This is key. You must be easy to follow!"

A leader must be brave and confident enough to start a movement, he should not be afraid to be called a "lone nut", and this will eventually encourage people to join in whatever he is doing.

The first follower transforms a lone nut into a leader.

The first follower plays an important role in encouraging more people to join in whatever the leader is doing, and this will all lead to starting a movement. The first follower must also be courageous enough to join the movement, to be different from the crowd.

-Chan Ling Han(2)

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