The Art of Telling Things as You Want Them To Be
We can spend our time telling (ourselves and others) stories how and why things are the way they are. Or we can spend our time …
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Stories
Our success mostly rests on the stories we tell ourselves about us, them, this thing, or that situation. Unwanted results? Wanted results? What story were …
Between the Ears
What is the gist of the stories we tell ourselves, 24/7? Are they like these…? “That’s just the way it is.” “I/you/they/we/those things suck.” “It’s …
Engaging Heroes
People move when we engage their emotions. Yet we too often default to logic, authority, or habit. Not so moving. To engage their emotions, try …
A Story
There was once a band of smart, dedicated, caring, and simply successful people. Some of them lived in Toronto. The rest were scattered around the …
Tell (Yourself) a Really Good Story
We humans love a good story. Want to bore someone to tears? Give them the facts. Want to engage and move someone? Tell them a …
What’s Your Story?
Our successes today and tomorrow tend to follow the story we’ve been telling ourselves. Sometimes our stories are not front-of-mind. But we know by how …
This Is The Leaders’ Job
As leaders, our job is not really about finance, operations, sales, strategy, law, board- and investor relations, HR, labor relations, regulations, or marketing–though these things …
Stories About Other People
The stories we tell ourselves about what people do or don’t do or why they do what they do or don’t do are just stories. …
To Galvanize and Sustain Real Change, Tell a Story
Facts, pleas, excitement, data, anger, politics, fear, outrage, logic. These are just some of the tools we use to influence others, to create change. They …