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hey there storytelling is one of the
most powerful tools to hook your
listeners and keep them glued to every
word you say but hey a lot of the advice
that is out there make it sound way too
complicated but the truth is
storytelling is actually pretty simple
if you know what really matters if you
just give me 9 Minutes you'll discover
the five storytelling techniques to tell
insanely good stories but before we do
that let me show you a quick example by
John Kinski whom you might know from the
office it's a 20 second story so really
short but it's so powerful by the end of
today you'll know exactly how to tell
stories just like him and then I said
yeah and he said says uh who are you
visiting here I said my wife and he says
is she an actress I said yeah he said
would I know her I I don't know man her
you and I went yeah and he goes
you you married Emily Blunt now I go
yeah and he goes this okay go did you
notice what he did there he didn't just
summarize the events he didn't say oh
yeah back then I was at customs and the
agent asked me what I was doing and I
responded I was an actor and he was very
surprised he doesn't do that he doesn't
summarize the events instead he zoomed
into the moment of the story the best
stories don't just summarize events they
don't stay at that helicopter level they
zoom into the moment they take us into
the trenches they let us be part of that
physical moment the good thing is it's
not that difficult I'm now going to show
you five techniques that you you can use
in all of your stories first technique
location say where you are the best
stories start by stating the location
where are you physically examples 2
weeks ago I'm sitting on my couch in my
living room taking a deep breath or
September 2019 I'm standing in front of
the conference room ready to walk inside
now why does it matter to State the
location because the moment you say
conference room or living room your
audience will start to visualize it
they're like o yes I I know a conference
room and they start to visualize their
version of that conference room now
beginner storytellers they often do the
mistake that they give too many details
they're like oh in that conference room
there was a big table a television and a
wooden floor don't do that don't do that
it doesn't matter just stay the location
as long as they can visualize it it
doesn't matter all the details they have
their own version of that location
second technique actions what are you
doing in that specific moment of the
story instead of giving way too much
context about all the random stuff that
doesn't matter just say what are you
doing in that specific moment that can
be walking biking shouting reading
waiting whatever it is just State the
actions State the verbs examples I'm in
my office I open my laptop and start
reading a message by my manager or 2
weeks ago I'm at the airport waiting and
lineing at security now why does it
matter to State the actions because it
brings in forward momentum it takes the
listener right into the moment when you
do that your audience will immediately
know that you won't waste their time
you're straight away taking them into
the most important part of the story
third technique thoughts what are you
thinking we as humans have thousands and
thousands of thoughts every single day a
lot of those thoughts are hopes dreams
plans fears worries crazy thoughts now
share some of those thoughts of that
crucial moment of the story example
instead of saying I was excited to meet
my crush say I thought ah this will be
so cool right finally I can see her
after all that time or instead of saying
I was very disappointed about that
presentation say I thought oh man this
is bad right everyone will think now I'm
stupid I can never go back there do you
see the difference it's a tiny tweak but
it makes any story more interesting but
hey a common mistake is that people
share thoughts that sound too
professional too intellectual they say
something like I thought this represents
a supreme opportunity now would your
thoughts actually sound like that
probably not right and so what you want
to do is when you share your thoughts
give us the raw unfiltered thoughts give
us those a little bit like ranchy juicy
a little bit neurotic thoughts now that
will make your story much more relatable
fourth technique emotions what are you
feeling the best stories they're
emotional they take the listeners on
this emotional journey and now with the
thoughts with the previous technique you
know now one technique to make it more
emotional but there's another one the
simplest way is to just stay an emotion
so you say something like I was
disappointed I was relieved I was happy
now that is pretty standard right that
is what most people do but it's not
ideal because it is not really visual
right when you hear someone saying I was
disappointed well you cannot visualize
it and so the better way is to show the
emotion show how it looks on the body on
the face when you experience that
emotion let me give you some examples
instead of saying I was relieved say in
that moment I lean backward and let out this
this
big or instead of saying he was anxious
say he kept tapping his pen on the on
this table and he kept glancing up to
the clock every few seconds
do you see the difference showing the
emotion makes it much more visual it
takes us into the specific moment of the
story technique number five dialogue
what are you hearing many of your
stories will have more than one
character maybe a manager your friend a
coworker your dog whoever it is now what
did the character say in that crucial
moment of the story what were the exact
words examples instead of saying my
friend was very disappointed say in that
moment my friend looked at me and said
Phillip what on Earth was that or
instead of saying my manager was very
happy with my work say in that moment my
manager looked at me and said wow that
was really the best presentation you've
ever given now do you see the difference
dialogue is such a simple tool to make
any story much more interesting it is
actually the tool that I use the most
but I guess there's just one thing to
keep in mind similar as with the
thoughts share the dialogue that is a
little bit more interesting a little bit
more juicy if you say something like in
this moment my manager said well I'm
very dissatisfied with the inadequate
execution of that project well that
would sound super boring right instead
pick much more juicy much more concise
and catchy doll all right now that you
know the five most important elements in
storytelling let's watch a quick one
minute video to see those elements in
action that story is by Sarah Willingham
who's a British entrepreneur investor
and CEO of nightcap now when you watch
the story see how she zooms into the
moment can you spot when she shares the
location the actions the thoughts the
dialogue and the feelings so in my
mid-20s I was running Acquisitions for
pizzza Express and walked into a meeting
room I was 2 minutes late for the
meeting and the person on the opposite
side of the table the lawyer
looked up and said oh thank goodness for
that mine's uh white with one sugar
moment walked around to the coffee made
him his coffee but the coffee in front
of him and said would anybody else like
a coffee and um nobody said anything
nobody wanted one I made myself a coffee
and then sat back down again opposite
him and as he looked up I watched the C
drain from his face as he realized this
enormous assumption that he' made and it
was such a beautiful moment in my career
really empowering when I sat there and
realized that actually this moment where
I'd had impostor syndrome anyway running
a meeting like this but I'd been
completely misjudged by the people on
the opposite side of the table was
actually this incredible superpower cuz
guess who walked out with the
Dale what an incredible Storyteller
right today you learned the foundations
you learned how to tell insanely good
stories but hey there are also a few
more advanced storytelling techniques
out there in case you want to go deeper
on this journey I would suggest to check
out this next video in which you learn
how to be a better Storyteller than 99%
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