How to start a movement | Derek Sivers

Translator: Van Cung Lian Reviewer: TED Open Translation

Ladies and gentlemen, at TED we talk a lot about leadership

Upatmi nu le pa hna, TED ahhin thithruainak le cawlcanghnak

and how to make a movement.

thawkning tampi kan chim ve.

So let's watch a movement happen, start to finish,

Cuca'h, cawlcanghnak thawkning hram in dongh tiang

in under three minutes

minute 3 chungah zoh u sih

and dissect some lessons from it.

i, cu chungin cawnnak ilak hna u sih.

First, of course you know,

Ahmasaah, nan hngalh bangin

a leader needs the guts to stand out and be ridiculed.

hruaitu nih intuarnak caah ralthatnak aherh.

What he's doing is so easy to follow.

Zohmanh, a tuahmi hi zulh a fawite.

Here's his first follower with a crucial role;

Hi ahhin a zultu hmasa nih biapi thil a tuah;

he's going to show everyone else how to follow.

Hnuzulh dan kha hawidang a hmuhsak hna.

Now, notice that the leader embraces him as an equal.

Amah cu hruaitu nih hruaitu bangin a upat kan hmuh;

Now it's not about the leader anymore;

Atu cu hruaitu kong asi ti lai lo;

it's about them, plural.

Anmah kong asi lai, atammi.

Now, there he is calling to his friends.

Zoh, a hawidang a kawh cang hna,

Now, if you notice that the first follower

Nan hngalh khawh ahcun, apakhatnak zultu

is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself.

zei ah rel lomi santlailo dirhmun ah chiah asi khi.

It takes guts to stand out like that.

Hitin um khawh dingah ralthatnak aherh.

The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.

hmasabik hruaitu khi hawidang hna hruaitu ah sertu taktak cu asi.

(Laughter)

(Nihthawng)

(Applause)

(Kutbenghthawng)

And here comes a second follower.

Cun, tucu pahnihnak zultu a ra cang.

Now it's not a lone nut, it's not two nuts --

Tucu, santlailo pahnih an um cang--

three is a crowd, and a crowd is news.

Pathum cu mibu an si cang, i mibu cu thawngpang a si.

So a movement must be public.

Cucaah, cawlcanghnak cu zapi he aa san.

It's important to show not just the leader, but the followers,

Hruaitu lawng siloin zultu hna hmaisuam ve zong abiapi,

because you find that new followers emulate the followers, not the leader.

zeicatiah, zultuthar nih zultu hmasa hna an izohchunh hna.

Now, here come two more people, and immediately after,

Hi, an tam deuh thluahmah cang, tlawmpal ah,

three more people.

mi pathum an ichap cang.

Now we've got momentum. This is the tipping point.

Thazang a cak tuk cang, tlauh khawh asi tilo.

Now we've got a movement.

Tucu, cawlcanghnak a thawk cang.

(Laughter)

(Nihthawng)

So, notice that, as more people join in,

Si, zohhmanh, mi an tam deuh ahcun,

it's less risky.

hna a ngam deuh suaumau.

So those that were sitting on the fence before

Tuandeuh ah a thu sasawhmi hna kha,

now have no reason not to.

itel ve an duh cang.

They won't stand out, they won't be ridiculed,

An thiamtuk rih men lai lo, nihsawh an si lai lo.

but they will be part of the in-crowd if they hurry.

nain khulhrang in an ti ahcun, zapi lakah an itel ve ko lai.

(Laughter)

(Nihthawng)

So, over the next minute,

Cuticun, minute tlawmpal hnuah,

you'll see all of those that prefer to stick with the crowd

zapi lakah an ipeih thluahmah na hmuh lai

because eventually they would be ridiculed for not joining in.

itel ve lo tu kha an duh ti lai lo.

And that's how you make a movement.

Hihi cawlcanghnak thawkning cu asi.

But let's recap some lessons from this.

Asi, hi chungin cawnnak ilak u sih.

So first, if you are the type,

Hmasaah, amah lawng in a dir i ankgi loin a lammi

like the shirtless dancing guy that is standing alone,

bantuk na si ahcun.

remember the importance of nurturing your first few followers as equals

Zultu hmasa pawl kha tlukruannak in na hruai hna aherh kha philh hlah.

so it's clearly about the movement, not you.

Afiang. Cawlcanghnak kong asi, nangmah kong asi lo.

(Laughter)

(Nihthawng)

Okay, but we might have missed the real lesson here.

Si, cawn/ilak ding taktak kan hrialh sual kho men.

The biggest lesson, if you noticed --

Abiapibik kan cawn hnga dingmi--

did you catch it? --

na hngalh kho maw?--

is that leadership is over-glorified.

cu thithruainak cu thangthatnak asi.

Yes, it was the shirtless guy who was first,

Asi, a thawk hmasatu cu angki hruklopa asi

and he'll get all the credit,

i amah cu lawmh asi ko lai,

but it was really the first follower

nain zulhtu hna nunthlentu taktak cu

that transformed the lone nut into a leader.

zultu hmasa khi dakaw asi.

So, as we're told that we should all be leaders,

i, hruaitu kan si dih aherh timi cawnpiaknak hi

that would be really ineffective.

sullam a ngeih tuk then lai lo.

If you really care about starting a movement,

Cawlcanghnak thawk nai timh taktak ahcun

have the courage to follow and show others how to follow.

zulh ding ralthatnak ngei law, zulhning zong cawnpiak hna.

And when you find a lone nut doing something great,

Cun, santlailo nih thiltha pakhatkhat an tuah ahcun,

have the guts to be the first one to stand up and join in.

zultu tha ah ser khawh izuam colh.

And what a perfect place to do that, at TED.

Cun, hibantuk tuahnak hmunhma thabik cu TED asi.

Thanks.

Lawmtuk.

(Applause)

Kutbenghthawng.