leading by example
I’ve written a bit about Nipun, but this guy is really something. The more I get a chance to indulge in some of the projects he’s set up – by reading more DailyGood newsletters, looking more thoroughly through the helpothers.org community, serving at Karma Kitchen, partaking in Wednesdays – the more I realize how amazing it is how he influences the people around him. All of the talks he gives, he doesn’t talk about ideas or theories, he just shares stories of kindness – things that inspire him, things that make his life awesome.
The Nipun effect makes the people that are inspired by him practice kindness, generosity, and pursue service-minded projects. He does nothing to tell them what’s right vs. wrong, what they could be doing with their skills or anything like that. He just leads by example, and his example inspires people.
I just thought it was really fascinating. Some of the most well-respected leaders of the last century didn’t necessarily TRY to create a movement. They just led by example and scaled up when more people wanted to support them. Really interesting stuff.
