Lessons from A Dancing Guy & Memento Mori : Powerful ideas in the world
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It started with an idea...
This was it. The moment it all began. The moment an ordinary little guy started a massive dance parade. Everything about it: the eccentricity, the way his body moved, even the look; felt out of place.
Some folks may have called him crazy, but I say wonder and magic don't come easy, pal. And oh, there would never be any doubt. His name would go down in history as the Maverick who started it all.
If you’ve learned a lot about making a movement, then let’s watch in real-time how a movement happens, from start to finish, in under 3 minutes, and dissect some lessons:
The 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!
Now comes the first follower with a crucial role: he publicly shows everyone how to follow. Notice the leader embraces him as an equal, so it’s not about the leader anymore — it’s about them, plural. Notice he’s calling to his friends to join in.
It takes guts to be a first follower! You stand out and brave ridicule, yourself. 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.
The second follower is a turning point: it’s proof the first has done well. Now it’s not a lone nut, and it’s not two nuts. Three is a crowd and a crowd is news.
A movement must be public. Make sure outsiders see more than just the leader. Everyone needs to see the followers, because new followers emulate followers — not the leader.
Now here come two more, then three more. Now we’ve got momentum. This is the tipping point! Now we’ve got a movement!
As more people jump in, it’s no longer risky. If they were on the fence before, there’s no reason not to join now. They won’t be ridiculed, they won’t stand out, and they will be part of the in-crowd, if they hurry.
Over the next minute you’ll see the rest who prefer to be part of the crowd, because eventually they’d be ridiculed for not joining.
And ladies and gentlemen that is how a movement is made! Let’s recap what we learned:
If you are a version of the shirtless dancing guy, all alone, remember the importance of nurturing your first few followers as equals, making everything clearly about the movement, not you.
Be public. Be easy to follow!
But the biggest lesson here — did you catch it?
Leadership is over-glorified.
Yes it started with the Maverick, and he’ll get all the credit, but you saw what really happened:
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.
Spontaneous Orders like these underpins all of history's global movements....
From the movement to electrify the world, to empowering automobiles, flight, to connecting the world via the internet and today democratizing money w/ Bitcoin; and the real reason why they will continue to thrive long after we're gone.
The spontaneous emergence of order out of disorder, randomness, stressors and chaos.
In evolutionary biology, Spontaneous Order is known to result in the survival of the fittest. In other systems, such as Bitcoin, a similar phenomenon occurs. Individuals’ actions, driven by self-interest, lead to a state of equilibrium which increases the chances the system will survive.
Decentralization being the principal prerequisite for Spontaneous Order to occur.
Notice that The Dance Parade was not ordered or regulated into existence.
In other words, voluntary human action, not centralized human design, is at the core of this phenomenon.
Spontaneous Order inevitably creates systems that are more Antifragile than that which any individual, or nation, can create.
In other words, Ideas are more powerful than nation states, and Bitcoin is nothing more than an idea executed in silicon.
Very few people understand this.
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Memento Mori
Memento Mori is a powerful philosophical idea for finding clarity and unlocking growth in your career, startup, business, writing, or relationships.
A thread on its meaning and how it can change your life...
Memento Mori is a Latin phrase that translates to "remember that you must die."
A favorite of Stoic philosophy, it is a reminder of the certainty and inescapability of death.
It is not intended to be morbid or dark; rather, to clarify, illuminate, and inspire.
Memento Mori - the idea of remembering your mortality - has been around for millennia.
The phrase itself is believed to have originated in the Roman Empire. After military victories, the heroes were paraded through the streets on chariots.
They may have felt like Gods...
But the Romans would place one person in the chariot whose sole responsibility was to whisper in the hero's ear throughout the parade.
"Respice post te. Hominem te esse memento. Memento mori!"
Translation: "Look behind. Remember thou art mortal. Remember that you must die!"
Memento Mori served as a tool to invoke humility in moments of glory. It can also be a tool for providing clarity.
The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius famously wrote in his Meditations, "You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think."
Humans are inclined to hide from death, to push it to the back of our minds. Marcus Aurelius and other Stoic philosophers taught the opposite.
Bring death to the front of your mind. Let your mortality serve to clarify your daily motivations. Let your mortality inspire you.
Beyond the exact phrase, the idea of remembering our mortality has been a constant across time, culture, and religion. Death is the ultimate equalizer. We may look different, live in different places, and believe different things, but in the end, we are all the same.
The inimitable Steve Jobs talked about the power of acknowledging his own mortality in his 2005 commencement address at Stanford.
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life."
At the time of the address, Jobs had been battling a rare cancer, making his words all the more powerful.
"Almost everything...just fall[s] away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important...You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
So as you face the coming days, weeks, months, and years of your life, always remember your own mortality. Remember how precious every day really is.
Do not hide from it. Embrace it. Let it motivate and inspire you. Let it be a call to action. Memento Mori.
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