Telling a good story is easy. Telling a story really good is much harder. Walter Isaacson’s ability to tell a story about a mans life. A man like Steve Jobs! I have a built in skepticism about biographies. It you think you are important enough to write about your life … well, maybe you think you […]
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Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins By Annette Simmons
Annette Simmons is one of my favorites. I read and reviewed the “Story Factor”. It is one of the best Storytelling books available right now. There are a large number of storytelling, presentation technique etc. books and they are growing. What is peculiar with the whole thing is that there are a surprisingly number of really […]
Looking past limits by Caroline Casey
We all handle our “reality” in different ways. Some people are limiting by nature. They have a gift of finding what could be wrong with everything. Some people see themselves as victims of circumstances or victims of life. A huge number of people blame their parents, spouse, God, boss etc for their failure or shortcomings. Very few […]
Poke the box by Seth Godin
This is by far one of the best short-books I have ever read. In fact, stop reading this blog and spend the time on reading the actual book. In any frame of reference Seth Godin gets the maximum points for this book. The format, content, technique of storytelling etc. It all comes in a well balanced […]
Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins
If you are interesting in motivation, leadership etc. you have hear about Anthony or Tony Robbins. There are hundereds good speakers and there are thousands of really bad motivational speakers. Tony is on the top 10 of these guys. You can have your opinion about the speakers as well as the people listening to them. I […]
Power of Storytelling in technical training
Telling stories during technical training made all the difference! I worked as a IT-instructor within programming and internet security for many years for different international companies. Got a lot of good feedback on both the training material and my own performance. We used the exact same material and my colleagues didn’t have the same success […]
Review of “The Story Factor” by Annette Simmons
By Annette Simmons, link to the book at Amazon:The Story Factor Discovering the value of story telling. I worked as an IT-instructor within programming and internet security for many years for different international companies. Got a lot of good feedback on both the training material and my own performance. We used the exact same material […]
