Stories: motivators for changing behaviors - Deepstash
Stories: motivators for changing behaviors

Stories: motivators for changing behaviors

Changing the way someone thinks or acts requires confrontation. And people don’t usually like that.

But when you tell a story—something people connect with—it can change the reaction you get.

1.17K

9.63K reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

harzaa

I like movies and books. I eat the pizza crust. Coffee addict.

The idea is part of this collection:

The glorification of busy

Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection

How to prioritize and simplify your life

The importance of rest and relaxation

The benefits of slowing down

Related collections

Similar ideas to Stories: motivators for changing behaviors

Few social behaviors are explicit

Few social behaviors are explicit

This means most intentions behind our actions are hidden. If someone is feeling depressed or angry, usually their behaviors are distorted.

Focus on empathy, which leads to trust between people. This way, you can usually break the shell people have and get t...

Just listen

Just listen

Listening is the simplest way to validate others. You don’t need to tell your story; just encourage them to keep telling theirs. Make them feel important.

For most of us, our natural reaction is to interrupt, but this means that we are never fully present when so...

It keeps you from facing your feelings

It keeps you from facing your feelings

Even if someone else's sitation is objectively "worse" than yours, it doesn't mean that you are not experiencing very real, very valid emotions. 

You are allowed to feel upset when someone hurts you or disappointed when something doesn't work out the way that you wanted it to.

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates