This week’s 5-minute motivation is meant to challenge your thinking about leadership. What does it mean to be a leader and how can a leader start a movement? Do you want to inspire action from your team, your family or community? Derek Sivers discusses the transformation of a “lone nut” into a leader. He uses humor to drive his point. It is a TED talk video that was done in February 2010, but the message is still relevant today.
Some of the points Derek discusses:
- A leader has to have the guts to stand out and be ridiculed. It takes guts to want to be different and stand for what you believe in.
- In order to start a movement, it can’t be about the leader. The leader needs to understand that it’s about them.
- The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.
- Momentum is what determines the tipping point. How can you build momentum in what you want to inspire?
- The more people who join in, the less risky it is for others to join. Therefore, a leader needs to nurture his first followers as equals.
The point that is important to drive home is that leadership is not about you; it’s about them, your team. Once the movement starts, the leader gets lost in the crowd. That is what leadership is about: the crowd and their results.
What movement can you start today?
