Snapshot · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Indigenous New Zealand activist Dame Fina Cooper, at age ~78, organised 50 people to march to parliament; by arrival the march had grown to 4,000 and shifted national law on land rights.
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The Dame Fina Cooper story is Godin's final evidence that systemic change is not the exclusive domain of the resourced and powerful. [1] — Seth Godin "Dame Fina Cooper, an indigenous New Zealand activist in her late 70s, organised 50 people and marched to parliament. By arrival, 4,000 peop…" 1:42:03 An indigenous woman in her late 70s, not famous, with no money, organised 50 people who became 4,000 over a month of daily marching, and shifted national law. She didn't do it alone, but she started it alone. She had agency, a story, and the willingness to show up every day. Godin closes the loop on regret: the mistakes he regrets most are not the things he tried that failed but the things he didn't do — the person he didn't help, the door he didn't open. That regret is fuel. The challenge to the listener is direct: when the person you're dreaming of becoming meets the person you actually become, how does that meeting go? The Carbon Almanac — two years of full-time volunteer work with 1,900 co-authors — is his own most recent answer to that question.
Dame Fina Cooper, an indigenous New Zealand activist in her late 70s, organised 50 people and marched to parliament. By arrival, 4,000 people walked beside her. The march changed national law. Godin's point: you don't need resources, just agency, a story, and the willingness to show up repeatedly.
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