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Derek Sivers' 3 Minute TED Talk (Video)

92 points by phatboyslim 17y ago

vibhavs 17y ago
Transcript can be found at Derek Sivers' site: http://sivers.org/ff http://sivers.org/ff.
akadien 17y ago
The Dancing Guy never fails to amuse. Almost as good as the Hitler subtitle meme. Of course, a "lone leader" is an oxymoron. By definition, a leader requires followers. The concept of "first-follower advantage", as opposed to "first-mover advantage", is interesting to think about in the context of technology. Haven't most or all of Apple's really big things been "first-follower" or "early-follower" products?
- 10ren 17y ago
  In support of you: your first competitor validates your market space.
  - gridspy 17y ago
    Yeah. For about 1 week I was totally paralysed by this list of my competitors. Then I realised that 1. They totally validate my value proposition 2. None of them offer multi channel, web enabled, real time power monitoring 3. I am the bomb. Okay, perhaps 3 is exaggerated, but I've got to stay sane somehow! The list: http://blog.mapawatt.com/2009/10/07/list-of-energy-monitoring-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-1962 http://blog.mapawatt.com/2009/10/07/list-of-energy-monitorin...
dzlobin 17y ago
I'm a bit confused, as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K5SycZjGhI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K5SycZjGhI is his TED talk, and the dancing guy was just a really good video that Derek posted, right?
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- prabodh 17y ago
  No..the video you have posted was from TED talk 2009 in Mysore, India...and the video mentioned here is from TED talk yesterday as Derek mentioned in his blog
  - dzlobin 17y ago
    Ah, ok thanks
nhebb 17y ago
Seth Godin says we need more risk takers like Guy #3. Let's go out on a limb and say that guys 1-3 are all stoned. What does that say about the difference between risk-taking vs. lack of inhibition? I think a lot of what is called risk taking is actually just stage fright and fear of public failure.
- amohr 17y ago
  Well in this case, the consequence of failure is the ridicule and embarrassment, so the risk calculation is affected by the dancing guy's perception of those consequences. This isn't exactly a far-reaching effect. In other cases, the risk may be greater - when thesixtyone launched a full interface redesign, they could have sat on their hands indefinitely, not just because of stage fright, but because something that they put a whole lot more of their life into is on the table than the opinions of other shirtless concertgoers. I think it's related to a lot more than inhibition, although I would agree that the risk-taking personality trait probably spans both situations. And to be fair, Seth also said we need more leaders(1) and artists(2) - encompassing all three of the core team, really. Also, it's worth note that a stoned customer is still a customer :) (1)http://amzn.com/1591842336 http://amzn.com/1591842336 (2)http://amzn.com/1591843162 http://amzn.com/1591843162
  - gridspy 17y ago
    You can remove inhibition by removing risk. Money back guarantees, free trials, browsing existing sites, services that attract groups of people are all great for this. Gridspy offers a 5 year back to base hardware warranty. I'd like to offer a "if you don't like it, send it back for a full refund any time in the first year" warranty.
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lecha 17y ago
Strong stuff!
staunch 17y ago
Very well done.
snprbob86 17y ago
At the PAX 2009 Saturday night concert, my 5+ friends and I were people watching. There really are some odd folks at any big geek convention. While we were waiting for the next act, someone brought up the story of the shirtless dancing guy and I jokingly challenged my slightly drunk friend to be that guy. He said "I can't dance." I told him "Dude, just do the Hokie Pokie." He started singing and dancing and we all backed up a few steps. He was joking, but he soldiered on to the second verse, and then the third. During the 3rd verse, we kinda felt bad for how ridiculous he looked and people were watching us. So I and a few of our circle started in. Then, a girl in a giant dragon costume ran over to join. As soon as the dragon girl showed up, everyone was watching. We started the song over, expanded the circle, and before you knew it, there was 3 more people running over. By the time we actually made it through the whole song without having to expand the circle, there was almost 40 people doing the Hokie Pokie! The weird bit about this story, however, is that doing the Hokie Pokie in a circle limits how far you can grow. As the circle kept expanding, it became less and less space efficient. People were excluded simply because there wasn't space for them to join. At almost 40 people, the Hokie Pokie circle had effectively collapsed under its own size. Maybe next year we'll try a dance that scales better.
- smhinsey 17y ago
  Your hokie pokie story reminded me of this video: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1912826 http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1912826 (Sorry for the collegehumor link, it seems to have been removed from youtube.)
  - daveisconfused 17y ago
    Am I missing something? That's video shown in the article...
- wallflower 17y ago
  So do you believe there is a critical mass for following or is there a critical follower? The dragon girl.
- Sukotto 17y ago
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est 17y ago
Obligatory: Bolero - Maurice Ravel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4J5j74VPw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4J5j74VPw

92 points by phatboyslim 17y ago

Transcript can be found at Derek Sivers' site: http://sivers.org/ff http://sivers.org/ff.

The Dancing Guy never fails to amuse. Almost as good as the Hitler subtitle meme. Of course, a "lone leader" is an oxymoron. By definition, a leader requires followers. The concept of "first-follower advantage", as opposed to "first-mover advantage", is interesting to think about in the context of technology. Haven't most or all of Apple's really big things been "first-follower" or "early-follower" products?

10ren 17y ago
In support of you: your first competitor validates your market space.
- gridspy 17y ago
  Yeah. For about 1 week I was totally paralysed by this list of my competitors. Then I realised that 1. They totally validate my value proposition 2. None of them offer multi channel, web enabled, real time power monitoring 3. I am the bomb. Okay, perhaps 3 is exaggerated, but I've got to stay sane somehow! The list: http://blog.mapawatt.com/2009/10/07/list-of-energy-monitoring-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-1962 http://blog.mapawatt.com/2009/10/07/list-of-energy-monitorin...

dzlobin 17y ago

I'm a bit confused, as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K5SycZjGhI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K5SycZjGhI is his TED talk, and the dancing guy was just a really good video that Derek posted, right?

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prabodh 17y ago
No..the video you have posted was from TED talk 2009 in Mysore, India...and the video mentioned here is from TED talk yesterday as Derek mentioned in his blog
- dzlobin 17y ago
  Ah, ok thanks

nhebb 17y ago

Seth Godin says we need more risk takers like Guy #3. Let's go out on a limb and say that guys 1-3 are all stoned. What does that say about the difference between risk-taking vs. lack of inhibition? I think a lot of what is called risk taking is actually just stage fright and fear of public failure.

amohr 17y ago
Well in this case, the consequence of failure is the ridicule and embarrassment, so the risk calculation is affected by the dancing guy's perception of those consequences. This isn't exactly a far-reaching effect. In other cases, the risk may be greater - when thesixtyone launched a full interface redesign, they could have sat on their hands indefinitely, not just because of stage fright, but because something that they put a whole lot more of their life into is on the table than the opinions of other shirtless concertgoers. I think it's related to a lot more than inhibition, although I would agree that the risk-taking personality trait probably spans both situations. And to be fair, Seth also said we need more leaders(1) and artists(2) - encompassing all three of the core team, really. Also, it's worth note that a stoned customer is still a customer :) (1)http://amzn.com/1591842336 http://amzn.com/1591842336 (2)http://amzn.com/1591843162 http://amzn.com/1591843162
- gridspy 17y ago
  You can remove inhibition by removing risk. Money back guarantees, free trials, browsing existing sites, services that attract groups of people are all great for this. Gridspy offers a 5 year back to base hardware warranty. I'd like to offer a "if you don't like it, send it back for a full refund any time in the first year" warranty.

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lecha 17y ago

Strong stuff!

staunch 17y ago

Very well done.

snprbob86 17y ago

At the PAX 2009 Saturday night concert, my 5+ friends and I were people watching. There really are some odd folks at any big geek convention. While we were waiting for the next act, someone brought up the story of the shirtless dancing guy and I jokingly challenged my slightly drunk friend to be that guy. He said "I can't dance." I told him "Dude, just do the Hokie Pokie." He started singing and dancing and we all backed up a few steps. He was joking, but he soldiered on to the second verse, and then the third. During the 3rd verse, we kinda felt bad for how ridiculous he looked and people were watching us. So I and a few of our circle started in. Then, a girl in a giant dragon costume ran over to join. As soon as the dragon girl showed up, everyone was watching. We started the song over, expanded the circle, and before you knew it, there was 3 more people running over. By the time we actually made it through the whole song without having to expand the circle, there was almost 40 people doing the Hokie Pokie! The weird bit about this story, however, is that doing the Hokie Pokie in a circle limits how far you can grow. As the circle kept expanding, it became less and less space efficient. People were excluded simply because there wasn't space for them to join. At almost 40 people, the Hokie Pokie circle had effectively collapsed under its own size. Maybe next year we'll try a dance that scales better.

smhinsey 17y ago
Your hokie pokie story reminded me of this video: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1912826 http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1912826 (Sorry for the collegehumor link, it seems to have been removed from youtube.)
- daveisconfused 17y ago
  Am I missing something? That's video shown in the article...
wallflower 17y ago
So do you believe there is a critical mass for following or is there a critical follower? The dragon girl.
Sukotto 17y ago

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est 17y ago

Obligatory: Bolero - Maurice Ravel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4J5j74VPw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4J5j74VPw