Followers turn lone nuts into leaders.

As my last post may hint, I've been on a bit of a crusade these last months towards a more minimalist lifestyle.  Now keep in mind that for an ADD/over-achiever like myself, minimalism is relative.  Nevertheless, I have been trying to practice the art of radical exclusion [4] to the best of my ability.  On of the hardest things for me is trimming down my daily reading list.

The Art of Great Things [5] is one of the blogs that has managed to survive my feed scalpel on multiple occasions, very much for the occasional nugget of wisdom they offer in posts such as this [6]one.  Actually, it is a repost from Jeffrey Tang of a talk given by Derek Sivers [7] on the collision between the American leadership drive and the importance of learning to follow - something I could certainly stand to improve upon:

This is what jumped out at me upon reading what Derek had to say [8]:

“It was the first follower that transformed a lone nut into a leader. There is no movement without the first follower. We’re told we all need to be leaders, but that would be really ineffective. The best way to make a movement, if you really care, is to courageously follow and show others how to follow.

When you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first person to stand up and join in.”

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