Good article about "followship"

If you can have leadership, you should be able to have "followship" -- the art of following a leader.

Normally... we concentrate on leadership -- being in charge, being out in front, being a trendsetter, blazing a trail.

But today, at least, we're going to take a look at the other side of the equation -- what it means to be a good follower.

http://www.salesstar.com/mm092704.htm


I think that almost everyone on my friendslist (HLM aside) is working for other people right now, so this article should be relevant to most of us. I think it's not perfect, but it's a step in the right direction. Most of us are followers at our workplaces, even if we are leaders too. Now that I've discovered this concept I find it kind of interesting that I've never heard of it before, or even heard thoughts along these lines.

Zines

Suddenly I seem to know a lot of people who make zines. I went to the Papercut Zine Library last weekend, and then spent a bunch of the rest of the weekend thinking about making some myself... and about self-publishing books... and whether I mean it or what.

I've been feeling a huge groundswell of wanting to interact more with the world somehow. I think some of it is loneliness but a lot of it just has to do with getting older and thinking well, here I am, in the world! I seem to be building up some momentum now. Look, other people are munging up little bits of the world, and I love to munge things up, so why am I not doing anything? Don't get me wrong, I like my quiet little life. But I also want to feel involved. I think that some of this is a desire to somehow be reaching more people, and maybe some of that is wanting to get some work of mine out there. ( Ramble )

I know that at least two people will read this who actually make zines. And at least three people will read this who are right around my age. And everyone has to decide what's worth it to do with their time and what's not. I'd love any comments from you on... well... any of this.

I'm glad I have it on good authority that a lot of people feel restless and slightly crazy as they approach 30.