The Bandwagon Effect

We are not made in the crowd, we are only made in the cloud – the nobody zone – Femi Adediran, 2020

If you must stand out, you must be willing and courageous enough to stand apart from the crowd, to stand alone and to bear your own name – Femi Adediran, 2020

Being in the company of others is good but any great man will tell you that being in your own company is the best – Femi Adediran, 2020

Bandwagon effect kills creativity, Bandwagon effect kills originality, Bandwagon effect kills objectivity – Femi Adediran,  2020

There are no identical twins. Only twins with identity. No two people are the same otherwise one of them will be unnecessary – Femi Adediran,  2020

Loneliness is not synonymous with being alone. You can be lonely in a crowd and you can be alone and not be lonely -Femi Adediran, 2020

He who follows the crowd will end up with no followers – Femi Adediran, 2020


When you follow the crowd and you live by popular opinion, it is called Bandwagon effect. One big obstacle to destiny fulfillment is doing things because everyone else is doing it. Destiny fulfillment is about daring to stand alone. The path of destiny is a lonely path. Loneliness is not synonymous with being alone. You can be lonely in a crowd and you can be alone and not be lonely. Until we learn NOT to do what everyone else is doing, we will not get a different result from everyone’s else.

  • It  be everybody’s career but  not be your career
  • It  be everybody’s business but  not be your business
  • It  be everybody’s money making venture but not be your own money making venture
  • It  be everybody’s bus stop but  not be your own bus stop
  • It  be everybody’s opinion but  not be your own opinion
  • It  be popular but it  not be spectacular for you.

Seek to do what is spectacular rather than what is popular. That is the only way to fulfill purpose. Don’t do it because others are doing it, do it because you have to do it. Do it because there is a cause. If you must stand out, you must be willing and courageous enough to stand apart from the crowd, to stand alone and to bear your own name. It is very cold outside the crowd and warm when you are with the crowd but the truth is that the warmth from the crowd is only momentary, it will eventually get cold. Real warmth is in your own crowd, in your own company, it is both self-sustaining and lasting.

Being with the majority is always fascinating but it is not always fulfilling. Being in the company of others is good but any great man will tell you that being in your own company is the best. Opinions are easily swallowed in the crowd. Identity are easily lost in the crowd. The bandwagon effect is both soothing and killing

  • Bandwagon effect kills creativity
  • Bandwagon effect kills originality
  • Bandwagon effect kills objectivity

He who follows the crowd will end up with no followers. It is good to follow the trend, but it is better to be the trend to follow, to establish a new rule and to give a new sense of direction. Being with the crowd is limiting. Outside of the crowd is life unlimited. Life without boundaries. Identity is easily lost in the crowd. And it’s easy to misbehave in the crowd, reason many would dare not stand alone.

We are not made in the crowd, we are only made in the cloud. The nobody zone. When all you do is go with a popular opinion you never become popular. If you don’t want to get lost in the crowd, be clear about your purpose. There are no identical twins. Only twins with identity. No two people are the same otherwise one of them will be unnecessary. The path of the crowd leads nowhere in particular. You must find the path of your own feet. And when all is said and done, you will still have to “go alone”.

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