In this instructional talk, the presenter outlines a universal four‑stage progression that most storytellers experience. Stage 1 – the Nervous Forgetting Storyteller – knows the power of stories but is too anxious to seize the moment, often forgetting to act. Stage 2 – the Messy Boring Storyteller – remembers to tell stories but delivers them in an unstructured, dull way that fails to engage listeners. Stage 3 – the Conscious Good Storyteller – actively practices, seeks opportunities, and refines technique, producing competent, purposeful narratives. Stage 4 – the Confident Spontaneous Storyteller – embodies the pinnacle of the journey, effortlessly generating compelling stories on the fly, delivering memorable takeaways within minutes. The speaker frames these stages as a pyramid of growth, encouraging listeners to recognize their current level and strive toward the confident, spontaneous archetype.
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which is called 4, which is what are the 4 stages in storytelling journey. Let me tell you, almost every storyteller in the world goes through these storytelling stages. What is that one? First one is called the nervous forgetting storyteller, is the storyteller who thinks and know that, okay, I, I think I should tell the story. I think I should do more. These are the people who didn't type the name or didn't fill the form. No, I'm just kidding. But these are the people who know the power of storytelling, but they are too nervous. They forget that they had the opportunity to tell a story. That is the stage 1, which is, yeah, you can say at the bottom of the pyramid, if I may say. The second one, many of us, we are in that, or have gone through that which is called the messy boring storyteller. Now that person remembers that yes, I have to use storytelling, I have to tell more stories, whether it's my sales presentation, whether it's my, you know, college reunion, whether it's coming on the stage. But when that person speaks, people start yawning and they'll make excuse, I'll be back in 2 minutes, because that person is still not organized. Is making effort but is not getting to what the potential is. So that is second level, second stage, which is the messy, boring storyteller. It's certainly much better than the forgetting one. And then the third one comes, which is when you start putting in effort, which is when you really start honing the skills, which is what I believe a lot of my community members are there who are conscious good storytellers. They will do the work, they will do the effort, they'll do the practice, they'll raise their hand and volunteer for opportunities to tell good stories. So that is the third stage of storytelling journey. So nervous forgetting, messy boring, the third one is the conscious good storyteller. But you know what, there is also the the fourth one, which I can say is the epitome of storytelling journey, which is Confident Spontaneous Storyteller. These are the people, when you start talking, they will have story in within few minutes. Within every 5 minutes, you'll be like, wow, what a story, what an amazing takeaway, what an amazing learning. And that is what we all aspire
