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Ask HN: How To Be a Good Leader?

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I been trying to make some cool projects with some people, sometimes co-workers or friends, I can make them excited enough to start a project, but I can't manage to keep them excited to finish a project, at first I thought it was them but after many different groups I started to think that maybe I wasn't a good leader and I need to get better at it

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You should volunteer to be an assistant coach for a local sports team. You'll learn how to motivate people, that sometimes you just need to be steadfast and decisive, and a lot of other skills while at the same time giving back to your community. I did that and I got a ton out of it.

That is a good idea, being a volunteer working with someone that motivates people will be a good experience

Are you offering them compensation for their work?

Not really, I mean we are trying to make a startup, no one has compensation when we start at least not economic one

If they don't share your vision and aren't getting paid you're not going to keep them around for long. People are often eager to help their friends but then regret what they've gotten themselves into when the task becomes too large.

You either need to find people as passionate about your idea as you, or offer them some compensation that they care about. There's no easy way to get good work out of people for free other than telling them they get college credit for it or that it's the only way to advance their career.

I might have problems sharing my vision, I know what I want, but I'm sure that im having problems to share it with the others

Are you a non-technical person leading technical people?

nope, I'm technical, usually I try to show them what i've done in the project to show them that i'm working hard and get them excited

It might backfire at times, they would be more interested to know how to succeed in what is being asked to do. Focus more on that direction than showing what you had done.

it makes sense, if i tell them how important is their role, and how we will succeed if they do it, they will be passionate about it

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