How to Tell Better Stories
The Art of Manliness
The Art of Manliness
4.7 • 14.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This is a re-broadcast. The episode originally ran in November 2018.
Humans are storytelling and story-listening creatures. We use stories to teach, persuade, and to make sense of the complexities of existence. Being able to craft and deliver a good story is thus a real advantage in all areas of life, giving you a foot up when doing job interviews, going on dates, interacting with friends, or making a sales pitch.
Fortunately, good storytelling is a skill that can learned by anyone. Here to teach us the art of storytelling is Matthew Dicks, a writer, five-time Moth GrandSlam storytelling winner, and the author of the book Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling.
Today on the show, Matthew walks us through the nuts and bolts of how to craft a compelling story. We begin our conversation discussing ways to generate story ideas, why good stories don’t have to be about big moments, and why he recommends a practice called "Homework for Life." Matthew then tells us what we can learn from movies about making a story so engaging that people are waiting to hear what you say next. We also discuss the don'ts of storytelling, including how to never begin a story. And we end our conversation with a five-minute story from Matthew that showcases all the principles we discussed during the show.
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| 0:00.0 | Brett here, we're taking a break from a new episode for Christmas. |
| 0:03.0 | We'll be back next week with a new episode. |
| 0:04.8 | In the meantime, we're going to rebroadcast podcast number 462 |
| 0:08.0 | How to Tell Better Stories with Matthew Dix. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, I went fan favorite one of our most popular episodes ever. |
| 0:12.7 | In it, professional storyteller Matthew Dix gives his practical advice on how to craft |
| 0:16.4 | and tell better stories, which can come in handy in a lot of situations. |
| 0:19.2 | You're making a sales pitch, job interview, you're on a date, or just hanging out, talking |
| 0:22.4 | with your friends. |
| 0:23.4 | Hope you enjoy it. |
| 0:24.4 | Next week, and I hope you have a very Merry Christmas. |
| 0:42.1 | Brett McKay here, and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast. |
| 0:45.8 | Humans are storytelling and story-listening creatures. |
| 0:48.9 | We use stories to teach, persuade, and to make sense of the complexities of existence. |
| 0:53.3 | To be able to craft and deliver good stories, thus a real advantage in all areas of life, |
| 0:57.2 | giving you a foot up when doing job interviews, going on dates, interacting with friends, |
| 1:00.6 | and making a sales pitch. |
| 1:01.9 | Fortunately, good storytelling is a skill that can be learned by anyone. |
| 1:05.0 | Here, to teach us the art of storytelling is Matthew Dix, a writer, five-time math-grant-slam |
| 1:09.3 | storytelling winner, and the author of the new book, Story Worthy, Engage, Teach, Persuade, |
| 1:13.8 | and Change Your Life through the power of storytelling. |
| 1:16.1 | Today on the show, Matthew walks us through the nuts and bolts of how to craft a compelling |
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