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Know your “story clips” that you can call up in any situation

Get to know yourself and what your most authentic and interesting responses are for the common questions you’re asked.

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Your the narrator of your life

Yes, your work says some things about you. Certainly if what you say and what you do don’t align, you’re going to lose credibility.

Don’t rely on your colleagues or friends to tell your story either. While it’s wonderful when they do, they only know a part ...

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Find your nuggets of “why” and focus your story around those

Avoid the mistake of over-focusing on what you did. Nothing is more snooze-inducing than reciting a factual timeline of your life, your resume, or your achievements. 

The part that builds connection, that turns your story from a couple of black and white statistics into a c...

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Go out and tell your story

Get out there and speak up. Express yourself as you really are, in your one-of-a-kind brilliance. 

Be understood. And in the process, you might just find out that you aren’t alone.

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Believe everyone has an interesting story to tell

Believe everyone has an interesting story to tell

There is no such thing as talking about yourself in a vacuum. Connection implies having two sides in the relationship.

If you go into a conversation thinking only of yourself — your reputation, your goals, your achievements — the other party is going to sense that right awa...

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Don’t leave out the facts of your achievements for humility’s sake

Don’t lie about your accomplishments. Don’t stretch the truth, either. Don’t go about wearing your curriculum vitae on your forehead and ensuring that everyone in your vicinity gets exposed to your list of good deeds. 

If you’re telling a story where the facts emerg...

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6. Have more conversations with people you don’t know

The more you have, the more likely that you’re going to have good conversations, Sandstrom says. You get better at asking better questions, and answering with more interesting responses. “There’s some skill, but its as much confidence that come from just doing it more often,” she...

Ask your employees questions

Do you know what makes your current employees happy? Do you know what makes them miserable? If you can’t, you may find yourself struggling to hold onto good people. 

You need to know what your employees want and need before you develop your training and development programs...

Analyze what you know.

Ask yourself these questions. Do you know the reason why your customer is canceling? Is this a surprise for you or do you already know the issue? Can the issue be solved?

Look deeper why weren’t you able to get in front of the issue earlier, what attempts to solve have you already made (bec...

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