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00:03

Leadership with friends…..a la Shmoop.

00:06

This is Sarah. [Finger points to Sarah]

00:07

Sarah comes from a family of leaders.

00:10

Her mother is the head of her company, Widget World.

00:13

Her father is a teacher and head of the history department at his school. [Sarah's Father in a library]

00:16

Her brother is captain of the water polo team.

00:20

And her sister is head of the spirit and debate teams. [Sarah's Sister giving a speech]

00:23

Even Sarah’s dog is a pack leader.

00:25

So…you would think that, when it came to her friends, Sarah would be a natural born leader, right? [Sarah stood with her friend]

00:31

Wrong. At the start of school, Sarah finds she doesn’t

00:34

quite fit in with most of the regular cliques. She’s just sort of… invisible.

00:39

But that's invisible without the benefit of being able to sneak into federally restricted areas. [Invisible Sarah stealing a sandwich from Obama]

00:45

She doesn’t fit in with the jocks…

00:46

…or the brainiacs.

00:47

She doesn’t play an instrument… [Sarah playing a guitar on stage]

00:48

…or care to perform on stage.

00:50

She does, however, like Star Wars.

00:52

She likes Star Wars… a lot.

00:53

She has a Star Wars shirt for every day of the week. [Sarah wearing a Star Wars shirt for each day of the week]

00:56

And every color light sabre.

00:58

She’s seen each of the movies…many times... and has read all the books. [Sarah with Star Wars DVD's and books]

01:01

When it comes time for club rush at her school, she is horrified to find out that…there

01:04

is no Star Wars club. The horror, the horror…

01:08

So…she decides to make one herself. A Star Wars club.

01:10

The Force is strong in this one… [Sarah holding a light saber with two members of the Star Wars club]

01:13

Sarah thinks maybe one or two people might join her club.

01:16

But it turns out to be one of the most popular clubs in her school… and she ends up having [Lots of people gathered together in a street]

01:20

a ton of people sign up.

01:22

If she suddenly flaked or got intimidated by the response, all these people would be

01:25

sitting in an empty room… [Star Wars club members sitting in a room waiting]

01:27

…and there would never even be a Star Wars club. The Dark side would win. Can’t have that.

01:35

Sarah decides to go through with it. Gulp.

01:37

Before you know it, Sarah is leading a room full of kids who love Star Wars as much as she does. [Lots of kids in a discussion]

01:41

And because she’s an expert in all things Skywalker…

01:44

She quickly earns the other kids’ respect.

01:46

And she's not afraid to be asked any Star Wars trivia questions. [Sarah participating in a trivia contest]

01:51

The more kids get to know Sarah, the more they recognize that she’s a totally loyal friend.

01:56

A patient leader who is willing to explain the plot of Star Wars to other kids who have [Sarah stood by the school bus with a man dressed as an astronaut]

01:59

never even seen it before.

02:02

Some kids from another club even invite Sarah to consult on the theme for this year’s

02:06

prom dance, which just happens to be…

02:08

You guessed it, Star Wars. This school has definitely found its nerd button. [Finger pushes a nerd button]

02:12

And it is owning it.

02:13

Obviously, Sarah is happy to comply.

02:16

Before you know it, she has plenty of friends who want to sit with her at lunch time. [Sarah sat with friends at lunch and reads Star Wars books]

02:18

And plenty of offers for study partners. And a few dates out there as well.

02:23

Prospective colleges are impressed by Sarah, too. Colleges love leaders…because leaders

02:28

are innovators and creators. They see the need and, instead of ignoring it, they show

02:33

others how to make things happen.

02:35

Not only are colleges impressed by such leadership… but they also give out special scholarships for leaders. [A bottle of water and wads of dollar bills pile up]

02:42

And then, beyond college, companies are always looking for those with leadership skills to

02:46

take charge and manage people and projects. Or…fire people, if that’s what’s needed.

02:50

Fun job.

02:52

Who knows, Sarah might decide to direct her own Star Wars-esque film one day… and the [Sarah directing a Star Wars film]

02:57

leadership skills she acquired back in high school might come in handy.

03:00

But, that’s all… in the future.

03:02

Still in high school, Sarah writes about her club to Disney and gets everybody invited [Sarah placing an envelope into a mail box]

03:06

to a special showing of the new Star Wars film.

03:09

Before you know it, Sarah can be considered a bona fide leader.

03:12

All because she was true to herself and didn’t feel the need to force her way into a group [Sarah with two guys dressed in Star Wars clothing]

03:16

that wasn’t her thing just to, you know… not be alone.

03:21

And for this reason, Sarah was never invisible again.

03:24

Although…she did appear as a hologram once or twice… [Sarah with R2D2 as a hologram]

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