Your Story is Your Strength | Change Your Story, Change Your Life
Wake Me Up: Morning Positivity
Good People Stuff
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Wake Me Up is made possible thanks to the generous support of our premium members and our sponsors. |
| 0:05.5 | If you'd like to listen to Wake Me Up, ad free, get access to the entire catalog and bonus episodes, |
| 0:11.5 | then check out Wake Me Up Premium. |
| 0:13.5 | There's a seven-day free trial, |
| 0:15.0 | so you can try it out before you commit. |
| 0:17.3 | Now before our episode begins, |
| 0:18.9 | here's a quick word from today's sponsors. |
| 0:23.0 | Humans. today's sponsors. |
| 0:27.0 | Humans love stories. Research suggests that people are 22 times more likely to remember information presented in a story than they are to remember |
| 0:36.0 | facts alone. |
| 0:38.5 | We really struggle to understand things outside the context of a story. We want the background and the |
| 0:45.2 | prediction. In this episode we'll explore the profound idea that our |
| 0:51.5 | experiences, traumas, and lessons from life are what make us unique |
| 0:56.7 | and valuable to the world. We'll talk about how to make your story work for you rather than against you. |
| 1:05.0 | And soon, you'll see that your story is your strength. |
| 1:19.0 | Now the Olympics just finished up and that's a great example of how important stories are to us. |
| 1:24.0 | Some competitions in the Olympics are less than a minute. The 100 meter dash, that event itself is only about 10 seconds long. |
| 1:30.0 | But the announcers spend hours giving each competitor's story in the lead up to the event. |
| 1:36.6 | And that's what might make us root for someone. The same is true for your local sports team. |
| 1:43.4 | Another great example is history itself. |
| 1:46.9 | This endless well of tales from the past. |
| 1:50.4 | It helps us understand the present and predict the future. |
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