Bold Followership

Well, hey there, Cadre. Happy, happy Monday. I hope that things are going well for you on this. On this day. And if they're not, that is okay, too. I'm lucky. I get to do live streams five days a week, and with that being said, I get to say a lot of things a lot of times, and I say that every single time that I hope you're having a good day. And even if you're not, that that's okay, too. That's my favorite thing to say. I say it every time that I hope you're good. And even if it's not, that, that's okay, too.

And that's kind of my favorite thing about Cadre, that you don't have to be good to be here. I see that mister Matt tappy just signed on. Hey, Jules. Hi, Amy. If you didn't get to see Matt's live stream 30 minutes ago, one of my other favorite things about Cadre is you can catch people's live streams even when they're not live. They're always here waiting for you. This is my buddy Hamilton, and he's showing you his little tattoo right here. He's got a heart murmur, so he had to get his teeth cleaned, because if you didn't know that about dogs, dogs getting their teeth cleaned help keep their heart murmurs at bay.

So you wanted to show that to you today, because no matter how you are, there's always a space for you right here in the Cadre sphere. So on Mondays, we talk about developing your professional self. So developing you in what you do with your life. If you're like, hey, I want to talk about developing me in who I am as a person, well, hang around for Saturday, because we talk about developing you as you outside of what you do on Saturdays on personal Development day. My name is JC Lippel. If we've never shared time and space together before, thanks for the chance to spend some time with you.

It is a gift and an honor to spend some time with you. This is bold followership. So often when we talk about professional growth, we talk about becoming a leader, and leadership, I think, gets spoken about all of the time. So I try to balance things out by talking about being a follower, because, actually, I think we spend most of our lives being in the seed follower. We spend most of our time being one of most rather than being the one in front of everybody else. So we might as well spend some time working on that skill set.

So today, I have a thought for you, and if you're wondering who's talking, it's me back here. I'm JC. Hamilton's in the front seat, and I'm following Hamilton today. I'm boldly following Hamilton. So here's my thought for the day. Perfection elicits praise. So if you're a person who always tries to do things right, congrats. Golf claps. Hey, perfect ten. I think that's amazing. You are awesome. If you won, that's great. If you worked really, really, really hard and you did it and you accomplished all the things you tried to do, I'm really, really proud of you.

Way to go. Perfection elicits praise. Presence in the process elicits buy in. So if you want people to follow you, if you want people to get in line and follow where you're going, be present in the process. The success and the failure in the stumbles, stay present amidst all of that. There's a big difference there. And I bet you'll see that that's true. Alright, Hamilton, think about it. Think about the times that you've won. I bet people throw a lot of praise your way. They go, wow, that's amazing.

Oh, yeah. And if you go, okay, let's go, and they go, oh, no, no, no, I couldn't, I couldn't. That's your thing. Oh, yeah, you got it right. When you're number one, people kind of back down. They bow down. But when you stay present in the highs and the lows, when people say, how are you doing? And you go, wow, you know what? I'm sticking with it. They go, yeah, really? Tell me more. How can I help? Notice the difference. When you stick with it. When you let people see the highs and the lows, when you let people see the winds and the losses, the nitty and the gritty, the sun and the shade, they start following you.

Perfection elicits praise. Being in the process elicits buy in. So what does that have to do with bold followership today? Well, normally, the people who start the movement are not the leader. There's a really great TED talk. It's about three minutes long. It's by Derek Sivers. S I V E R S. Derek sivers. S I V E R s. It's called how to start a movement. If you have three minutes to spare right now, I'll make my live really short so you can watch it. Derek Sivers, how to start a movement. Derek says it's the first follower who turns a lone nut into a leader.

In other words, that leader. In other words, the person who actually becomes the leader is just a crazy person until that first follower starts following them. Being in the process, sticking with the process is what elicits buy in, right? That leader doesn't become a leader until that follower shows up. So, hey, are you a leader? Think about it, Amy. Are you a leader? Matt, are you a leader? Speak wonder. Are you a leader? Jules, are you a leader? I encourage you, as soon as you sign off from this live stream, send a thank you message to whoever your followers are.

Because if those followers weren't following you, you wouldn't be a leader. You would be a lone nut. Perfection elicits praise. Buy in. Buy in shows up when you stick with the process. So, as promised, I'm going to cut my live stream a little bit short so you can go ahead and Google search Derek sivers. S I v e r s how to start a movement. It's that first follower who makes that lone nut into a leader. Y'all have a great rest of your Monday, and even if you don't, you still belong right here. I'll talk to you later.