Drew Dudley talks about leadership in daily life during this Ted Talk. He begins we describing how today, people think leadership is out of their reach and an extraordinary feat to accomplish. He goes on to describe how being a leader in everyday life can be accomplished by doing very small things. He redefines leadership with a story a girl told him about the first time she met Drew. She describes her first day at university and how nervous she was. While considering going home because she didn’t think she could do it, Drew, being an orientation advisor, came up to her and made a comical scene. She says that this moment changed her attitude and decision to stay at school. The importance of this story was how little acts such as making somebody feel comfortable in a new setting can create leaders. Without knowing it for four years, this girl looked up to Drew as a leader figure.

Drew claims to not even remember the day, let alone meeting the girl. Everyday actions that may not seem extraordinary to you can effect others’ lives in dramatic ways. Drew explains it as this instance being one of the most extraordinary moments in this girl’s life, he doesn’t even remember. He closes by stressing the importance of acknowledging the people in your life that have made impacts like that. Thinking of ourselves as powerless and thinking leadership is bigger than us gives us an excuse not to take these small actions. Leadership must be redefined by these moments of impacting people’s lives without even realizing. Leadership isn’t about changing the world, it is about changing one person’s experience.