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  • The Back Story on Storytelling 🦄

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    mikeswelsh
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    All humans, including you, are storytellers by definition. Even if you believe you aren’t good at [public speaking, talking to strangers, presenting, pitching, etc.], you are genetically designed to be a storyteller; it’s in our DNA. Epigenetically speaking, we are evolved to share stories. Couple historic facts about the origins of human storytelling you may…

  • Broadcasting & Narrowcasting

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    mikeswelsh
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    This is a slight pitch prep, storytelling, narrative builds versus slideware. What is the BC/NC all about? Historically, when we are ‘trained’ to present or media trained to speak publicly, folks use all sorts of techniques to help internalize this and use this training. The concept here is something I learned about what is meaningful…

  • On being curious to get sht done.

    On being curious to get sht done.

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    “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.” —”Old Man’s…

  • Watch > Act vs. Act > Watch

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    mikeswelsh
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    Stimuli response paradox. When, offers – behavior = static conversion Think for a second how we behave as humans. Many actions we take are driven by basic needs, hunger, thirst, safety and shelter and so on. The stimuli and response model of behavior has some issues when you think about how business models are developed.…