Creating a movement 101

Definitions for a movement.
DF = Deliberate focus
PI = Powerful intentions
CAV = Clearly articulated vision
CP = Communities of people
CPI = Community of people with powerful intentions
A = Action
O = Outcomes
OI = Outcomes and impact
OA = Organized action
MOMI = Massive outcomes and massive impact
MG = Measurable goals
P = Power

Formulas for a movement.
1)DF = PI
2)DF + CAV = CP
3)DF + CAV + A = CPI
4)DF + CAV + CPI + A = O
5)DF + CAV + CPI + MG + A = OI
6)DF + CAV + CPI + MG + OA = P = MOMI

Playbook for a movement.
Deliberate focus in any area creates a powerful intention. That deliberate focus and powerful intention, coupled with a clearly articulated vision for the future, attracts a community of people generally interested in those same things.

If the people in that community move beyond talk, and start taking action, the individual intentions of members of the community begin to align in a way that feels meaningful for members of that community. They start to see their involvement in the community, and their participation in the actions and outcomes members of the community are producing, as an extension of their own identity.

If leaders in the community guide its members toward focusing on measurable goals, beyond producing general, well intended outcomes, the community begins to produce consistent, measurable impact. Beyond a general focus on measurable goals, when a community begins to move as one consistent unit, inside of a clear blueprint where its actions are organized, that community then begins to wield power, and from power, targeted massive outcomes and massive impact are birthed.

Throw as much $$$ and as many people and as many conversations and good intentions and actions as you want toward a particular issue, and you will not have tangible, measurable, lasting impact without first accumulating power, and power cannot be accumulated or wielded without ORGANIZED action.

Now go transform the world.

Thomas started his entrepreneurial career selling luxury custom car accessories online from New York to California out of his dorm room at Tennessee State University, and never looked back. Over 15 years later, beard grayed from the trials of entrepreneurship, Thomas is an author, an emerging tech startup founder, a speaker, a Google Entrepreneur in Residence, and the creator of a global membership organization for Black and Latinx founders of emerging tech startups, whose members cover almost all 50 states, 4 countries, and have raised + generated over $415MM in their startups. Learn more about Thomas’ current projects at ThomasKRStovall.com.

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CANDID Microfeedback Founder. #Microfeedback thought leader. ImBlackInTech Creator. 1 of 7 Google/Code2040 U.S. Entrepreneurs in Residence. ThomasKRStovall.com

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