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How to use storytelling to connect with others
The psychology behind storytelling
How to craft compelling stories
Focus On The Audience
- It can be a challenge to explain to an eleven-year-old about capitalism, but if we know how small the kid is, we would likely use language that the kid can understand.
- Focusing on the audience is key to most presentations, and many people fail because they focus only on what matters to them, not caring a bit about what the audience thinks.
- One needs to focus on action and have a clear message that the audience has with them at the end of the presentation.
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Explaining And Changing Culture
- Culture is the sum total of the everyday conversations that occur in families, businesses, cities and countries.
- Changing culture means changing what we say and do.
- Most people do not change simply because someone tells them to, so it is good to avoid endless discussions abo...
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Simplifying the Complex
We often face complex situations and ambiguity in our daily lives, and feel perplexed and stuck. Complex topics hinder our work and we long to connect the dots and make sense of the thing we are wrestling with.
Certain experts have the knack of making the complex sound simple and easy to u...
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Saying What The Audience Wants To Hear
When speaking to an audience, making things simple involves not saying what you want to say, but what the audience wants to hear.
A simple message thoughtfully repeated, anchors itself inside the mind of the audience and becomes their main takeaway.
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Saying What The Audience Wants To Hear
When speaking to an audience, making things simple involves not saying what you want to say, but what the audience wants to hear.
A simple message thoughtfully repeated, anchors itself inside the mind of the audience and becomes their main takeaway.
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Focus On The Positive Parts
We tend to focus on giving employees critical feedback. But, by focusing on their weaknesses, we only create competence. By focusing on their strengths, we create excellence.
Give equal measures of positive and negative feedback. We usually gloss over the strengths, but...
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