Leading: Video Reflection

We are all leaders in one way or another, be it the president of a nation or a leader for a group project. The question is, what must we have to be a leader?

I watched a video about leading. In the video, a man is ridiculously dancing in the middle of a field with many people. At first, everyone looked at him strangely. However, that changed when another man joined him in the ridiculous dance. Soon after that, a crowd had gathered, dancing ridiculously. What we need to be a leader is initiative and confidence. If that man did not do anything at all, it would not have led to the massive crowd in the end. Despite being looked at by a lot of people, the man was confident enough to be able to dance ridiculously in front of them. If the man appeared embarrassed by the people looking at him, no one would follow him and dance with him. 

I also learnt that to be a leader not only requires some good qualities. To be a successful leader, one also requires his or her first follower. In the video, the man only had one other person dancing with him. This made the surrounding people feel less embarrassed to dance with the two people, resulting in more and more people dancing with the original 2 people. So, to be a leader, one also needs their very first follower. 

Matthew Lim (29)