The FOMO Effect
My friend Mike McCarthy is a true master of the FOMO effect, in that he gets you excited and enlists your help. He can recruit you before you know you’re being recruited. He makes it impossible to say no.
The continuum of cause-based work
Danny Thomas was a Champion, and when he found the lost cause of childhood cancer, which others had seen and passed by, he “found” it, and the world is glad he did.
Sharing the limelight lets the wins "earn interest"
Always share the limelight with others. It helps you expand your coalition, which is full of leaders, worker bees, cheerleaders and hangers-on.
More on setbacks, doubt and the value of having a deep bench
How wonderfully encouraging it is to realize that one of your team members has completed a project within or made a key connection at a mixer. Without any effort on your part, the group moved forward.
Setbacks teach us and develop our core strengths.
Setbacks not only teach us about our limitations, but they also help us better delineate our duties within the team.
Gentle Controversy
As activists, controversy is powerful wind in our sails, and any drama needs conflict as an animating element. But too much conflict and people tune out, and you need people to stay engaged.
