Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't want to follow the herd.
I'm not trying to steer people in a direction. I'm just trying to move them. Wherever it takes them, it doesn't matter to me. I just want them to be moved in one way or another, and that's a hard thing to do, I think.
Ride the horse in the direction that it's going.
My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round.
When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.
When herding behaviour among investors ramps up, a stock's or index's growth rate can increase faster than exponentially, leading to more herding. This positive feedback brings the system to a tipping point. About two-thirds of the time, a crash results.
People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction.
The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.