7 Keys To Starting A Movement
[The best 3 minutes of your day]
A few things I think we can learn from this video.
1. One man can start a movement.
2. A movement need not be started by the most skilled member of the movement.
3. When beginning your movement and you look around and no one else is joining the dance, just keep dancing.
4. When the one guy who joins your movement slowly fades away, keep going.
5. Before you know it, the people joining your movement won’t even know you started it.
6. When your movement takes a life of it’s own, just let go. There will be no stopping it.
7. The very people who are staring at you like your nuts as you movement alone, will be the very same people dancing the hardest in the end.
Keep dancing kids, Keep dancing.
Los
I love the way you look at things.
Thanks!!! Keep looking with me
That is 27 kinds of awesome. It reminds me of college. I used to do the craziest dances in the club because I knew if I just acted confident other people would start doing it too. Worked like a charm every time. I can't tell you how many plaid shirt frat guys flapped their arms like a chicken because of me. My friends thought I was nuts at first but eventually came to appreciate the genius.
you weren't kiddin. best 3 minutes of my day.
No joke….Best 3 minutes of my week. Thanks Los
Brilliant!
too awesome.
1st guy joined – nothin. But 2nd guy joined – BINGO!
2nd guy was the guy with influence. The guy whose friends will follow wherever he goes.
You gotta find that 2nd guy.
At around 2:25. The guy with the red speedo. He was late, but he had a great hat.
Maximum awesomeness!
pure gold!
One word: Brilliant!
Los, I like your view of it as well. My fear and my cynicism tell me that part of the reason one person can start a movement is because so many people are mindless sheep, looking to be cool and join the crowd. You're right that many won't know who started the movement, because they don't care–they only care that there IS a movement, and that they should be part of it too (why? they don't think of why). Sorry to be all Debbie Downer, maybe I woke up on the wrong side of the bed…
Boldness! Pure uninhibited boldness! We all need a little of that. Thanks for sharing Los!
WOW! GREAT insight!
interesting to note, the end result wasn't as weird or silly as the beginning – perhaps the more people join, they neutralize (or vanilla-ize), or water down, make more palatable your original intention. hmmm, it occurs to me, this might be what happened to the original Christian movement.
And it seems, the more people join, the more people join. More b/c so many people are there, rather than for the original vision.
This is….so inspiring.
'Lovin' it Los.
Gives me confidence to do something. =)
Infectious. Something was happening. I was taken by those who were "running" to get in on the happenin'.. whatever it was. So- let's create a movement to get 'em running to the cross. Yeah, baby!
LOL, cool stuff bro.
Dude! That was AWESOME!!!!
I can also see that one should not care what others think…
It also seems to take a bit of courage for the first few followers to break through the potential judgement from the onlookers as well…
Great stuff dude! Thanks for sharing such great insight!
YES! seriously YES!
And you dont have to dance like everyone else. Do your dance. The only one you are capable of doing, the one you are called to do. Someone else is ALREADY doing the OTHER dance. Do the dance that fits you!
lets dance.
I love that people start out staring and by the end are RUNNING to be part of it as soon as possible. In some ways it is just as bold to be the 2nd or 3rd person to join as it is the initial person. Seeing someone and recognizing the potential of a movement and having the courage to get behind them and join takes courage.
IN-CRED-IBLE!
8. If things haven't gone as you hoped, bring a drug of choice into the mix then repeat steps 1-7.
Thanks Los. I am right there and I am gonna keep dancing!
I'm doing the blog dance today because of you. Thanks for never giving up dancing alone!
Here is you post Brazilian style: http://marceland.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/1025/
even if you can't dance, just move sucka!
ironically the sound-track to this awesome illustration Los has given us is this… " I've got to be unstoppable" – may we the church understand that as we step out and "move" with the Holy Spirit's leadership we will be unstoppable. Jesus even said the gates of Hell would not prevail against His church!
– right on for posting this blog, Los
If Gladwell could have embedded this video into his book Tipping Point, he so would have.
Well done sir!
Hilarious!
Very cool thoughts.. I suppose it works for raising funds for a Short term mission trip as well.
Thanks for your site.
8. The only people who will look silly in the end, are the people who are still trying to get in on it – who waited too long to join you.
Rad.
That was awesome!!!! Can't stop momentum.
PUAHA>
That was pure awesomeness!! Great lessons to be learned here!
we are about to lunch a church plant… thank you
lunch? Dude, I could get into that…. Kidding!!!
that made my day! it was amazing to see people sprinting to get in on that group. inspires me for some of the ministries that I am involved in.
wow that is great, I am using this, I will give you credit the 1st 3 times, after that LOL….
so good!!
I love this video, now I can't get the music out of my head
Or, for the guy in the speedo….Rule 7: The ones staring at your nuts, will be the very same people dancing the hardest in the end.
Inspiring. We're about to step out of the boat and take a chance in ministry – completely start something new, on our own. This is just what we needed to see. Thanks!
thanks man. i needed this today.
Scaglia sent us over to your site. Super inspiring video and I appreciate your words on starting a movement…I needed to hear that today.
Wow this is awesome!
This will be up on my blog tomorrow!
Thanks bro!
You are an amazing writer and love the fresh way you look at things. When is your book coming out?
That flippin’ rocked. You just never know what you can start when you just get out there, huh?
Not only did he start a movement… People actually ran to be a part of it! EPIC!
Totally dig this!! Found your from Brain…
great look at a simple expression….
Wow! I think that there is defiantly something to be learned here! Lord please give me the energy to inspire a movement!
This post is completely and utterly rad. Well played.
I've watched that and chair danced too many times now. Thanks. LOLOL!
Christmas in June.
Sharing with @benjordan and just incorporated into our breakout #ISC2009 tomorrow here in Dallas…fantastic Carlos. Loves. it.
Sitting here crying. Don't know why.
Beautiful.
What? this is probably these are probably the most inspiring 3 minutes this year!
Мне нравятся Ваши посты, заставляет задуматься…
Wow. This soooo made my day
Strangely inspiring! Thanks for that!
8. Give enough people enough drugs, and they'll do just about anything
Every time I watch this, I crack up. It's great though. It fits perfect.
http://vagabondrun.com
I swear on a stack of sacred texts, I'm not (too) feminist, and I'm not being over-picky….but…
Oh, screw it, who am I kidding.
I'm an alpha-female, and extremely meticulous so I'm suggesting #1 of your inspiring post might be revised to represent women as well as men.
Your post is outstanding. These 7 tips are a great template for living life-out-loud, not just starting a momentum.
Peace out.
nice!
Thank you for that.
killer video! Just keep dancing and pretty soon guys in red tighties will be running to support your cause!
white people…
(lol)
does anyone know the title and artist of this song?