Archive for the ‘Story’ Category
WHY you do what you do
You own a business, you sell things to customers and meet their needs. You probably want to sell more things to your customers and get new customers to sell even more things. But why? To make more money? To get rich? To not have to worry about your finances anymore? To increase your status in [...]
What if….?
What if I just wrote honestly and not to please my audience? What would I write? What if I could live my life how I always dreamed of, what would that look like?
What if I actually learned to like people? AND all their issues and problems? AND stopped dealing with them as problems [...]
What Calling Has God Placed On Your Life?
For years I struggled with the question of a calling.
I wondered “What am I doing with my life?” and “What is it all supposed to mean?” Sound familiar at all?
To a Christian Business Owner it’s even more puzzling. You are supposed to have it all figured out, but it’s never that simple. You still have [...]
Do you know why stories are important?
We tell stories because they are about conflict.
One man against nature, or another man (including himself), or against man’s own creations (machines).
The good ones always detail something to watch out for, something to be careful of that might diminish one’s resources.
Because humans have learned how useful stories can be, we inherently pay attention to them. [...]
The “why” is the Story!
Too often we tell stories without connecting to the larger story. When we do that, the audience is lost in the telling.
They don’t know where the story you are telling right now fits in the larger story. Usually they aren’t sure why this story is really important in the long run.
Audiences must have [...]
How can YOU change someone’s life for the better?
Have you ever tried to change someone else’s mind? Talked and pleaded with them to see a different point of view but in the end failed to get through? There is an old adage that says we have to look at how hard it is to change our own mind before we try to change someone else. I think that’s true and a good place to start.
Do You Know Why Stories are Important?
We tell stories because they are about conflict.
One man against nature, or another man (including himself), or against man’s own creations (machines). The good ones always show something to watch out for; something that might diminish your resources.
Because humans have learned how useful stories can be, we inherently pay attention to them. We [...]