Richmond DinhCreator & Founder of Tiny Challenges™

How to create a following

24 Feb 2020 · 1 min

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Excerpt from a YouTube video titled "How to create a following" (Richmond Dinh, Feb 24, 2020). Richmond recounts a pivotal two-day boot camp in Maine with ~20 attendees who flew in from the U.S., Spain, and Australia and paid thousands to attend. He describes a climactic moment where attendees were singing, dancing, and celebrating around him, and reflects that his drive came from dissatisfaction with his prior job and an obsession with personal development; he frames serving others as the source of fulfillment and the reason his following grew.

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This was one of the pinnacle moments of my career is I did a two day boot camp in Maine and there was a small boot camp, only 20 people there. People flew in, literally from all across the world to be there. People paid thousands of dollars to be there from America, from Spain, and from all across Australia. And I remember when I ran my first event, I had people from the local area come and never did. I imagine it would get that big where people would pay money and fly to see me. And there was a moment at the event where everyone was standing up, they were all singing and dancing and clapping. And I found myself at the center of it all. And I thought, how the hell did this happen? I didn't do this for the accolades. I didn't do this to be the center of attention. I did it because I didn't love my job. And I was obsessed with personal development. But when you actually go out there and you actually serve and just help people, then this is what happens, and that's where the fulfillment lies.