![]() Telling and listening to stories are essential tools in approaching the soul and embodying what we find there. It conveys meaning in a way a mere explanation never could. Storytelling has an enormous power over us. The German philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein insisted the world divides up into facts, not things I prefer to say stories, not facts. The world itself is a story indeed, it might be more accurate to say the world is made up of stories than to say it is made up of atoms, earth, trees, and other things. Each soul - whether embodied or not in that person's life - is a story longing to be told. Every life begins and ends with a story and, taken as a whole, is a story. The door to soul opens Story is the very fabric of our lives. In doing so, we begin again to belong to the world in the way only we can. This is our native language.“In our healing and growing, we must, inevitably, make peace with our own stories and then tell them to at least one person. From direct marketing guru Gary Halbert’s March newsletter is a vital component of a marketing campaign.” “And do you know what is the most-often missing ingredient in a sales message? It’s the sales message that doesn’t tell an interesting story. ![]() “Storytelling is where we share what we’ve discovered all of us have discovered a little secret about life.” ![]() Annette Simmons, author/business consultant And once that happens, others will see that stories work, and they’ll start telling stories, too.” “When you begin to talk in stories, your black-and-white words turn into color. Seth Godin, best-selling author, entrepreneur/speaker “Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell.” “Storytelling: the world’s second oldest profession.” “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” “There is no greater burden than carrying an untold story.” People don’t just wear our shoes, they tell our story.” “I realized the importance of having a story today is what really separates companies. “Storytelling is by far the most underrated skill in business.” “No matter what you do in your life, what you create, what career you have, whether you have a family or kids, or make a lot of money… your greatest creation is always going to be your life’s story.” Annette Simmons, Author, The Story Factor It is automatically retold or replayed in the minds of your listeners.” If it is a good story, you don’t have to keep it alive by yourself. A story develops and grows in the mind of your listener. “Story gives people enough space to think for themselves. Christina Baldwin, Author, Stor圜atcher: Making Sense of our Lives Through the Power and Practice of Story We cannot think without language, we cannot process experience without story.” We swim through words and images siphoning story through our minds the way a fish siphons water through its gills. “We live in story like a fish lives in water. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. “The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.” John Kotter, Harvard Business School professor, author Leading Change “Over the years I have become convinced that we learn best–and change–from hearing stories that strike a chord within us…Those in leadership positions who fail to grasp or use the power of stories risk failure for their companies and for themselves.” But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.” ![]() “Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.” They want faith–faith in you, your goals, your success, in the story you tell.” They are up to their eyeballs in information.
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