Why Stories Work Better Than Advice.
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2017
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Ever have something really important to say to someone? Something you know will help? Some bit of wisdom or advice that can make a big difference. Could be at work, at home, in your personal life.
So, what's the best way to "get your point across?" How do you share your idea in a way where the person you most want to get it...gets it? Then, acts on it. Instead of rejecting it out of hand.
Turns out, framing your wisdom in the form of a well-told story, rather than a point or moral or bit of advice, demand, order or imperative, can work wonders. It can bypass all the automatic defenses that lead us to reject being "told what to do."
That's what today's Good Life Project Riff is all about.
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| 0:00.0 | So I've been thinking about the idea of story lately. |
| 0:07.6 | And mainly, if you're trying to convey an idea, |
| 0:13.4 | is it better to lead with the point or to lead with a story |
| 0:20.5 | and somehow me and her around to the point? |
| 0:22.8 | That's what I'm diving into on today's Good Life Project |
| 0:25.8 | and I'm going to be a real riff. |
| 0:30.8 | So I remember a little while back, I was at an event |
| 0:33.8 | and I had the great fortune to be on stage. |
| 0:36.8 | And the person who was on stage right before me, |
| 0:38.8 | who's become a friend, was Tiffany Schlein. |
| 0:41.8 | And if you recognize that name, it's because, |
| 0:43.8 | and maybe for a lot of reasons. |
| 0:45.8 | Tiffany is a documentary filmmaker, |
| 0:48.8 | she's also the founder of the Webby Awards. |
| 0:50.8 | And she's done so many incredible pieces |
| 0:53.8 | and created some of these collective, collaborative, |
| 0:58.8 | filmmaking pieces that have exploded massively, |
| 1:02.8 | virally online around the place. |
| 1:05.8 | And I remember I was backstage |
| 1:07.8 | and I heard Tiffany speaking on stage |
| 1:09.8 | and I heard her say something like, |
| 1:11.8 | I won't get her exact language, |
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