Don't open stories with "let me tell you a story" because it makes people tune out and predict what's coming. Instead, hit them with an emotional trigger, ask a provocative question, or drop them straight into the action.
Never start a story by saying, let me tell you a story. This is a mistake, and here is why. When you start with let me tell you story, your audience start drifting away. They know where this is going. Some of them will start rolling their eyes, some will start predicting what you're going to say, and some will start feeling it a boring one. And you don't want that to happen for your audience. Do you? So how do you capture their attention from the word go? There are 3 ways you can start your story. Number 1, start with an emotional trigger. You can say, "I will never forget the day when I felt that." Number 2, start with a question. "Have you ever been in a situation where you felt powerless?" And number 3, my favorite, is start right in the middle of the action. "The wind was blowing, I was in the desert, and I didn't know how I got here." Do you see the difference? Friends, so next time you need to tell a story, don't start with the boring, let me tell you story, tell a story. Start with one of these things. Save this reel for future reference and share with someone who needs this. And also type in the comment which technique are you going to use.
