What Most People Get Wrong About Storytelling

What? Number one, like, where do you think most people get wrong in telling their story? Number one is not believing that people are interested in it. But we are wired, I think, at a very primal level to once upon a time. You're like, I know this, but what's your twist on it? You know?

Yeah, yeah. What do people get wrong in stories? You name. The first one is, I don't have a story worth telling. My story's not interesting. I think people get wrapped up in that. You can tell a great story about a very mundane thing, but you have to have the story crafting skills to do it. So I think where people get wrong is that I don't have a story worth telling. Everything in my life is mundane. Another part about that is that I'm not special. My experiences aren't special. And I get that with these sophomores here. Like, well, I don't have a great story to tell. You know, interviewers. I'm like, the story. The string of decisions that you made to get to this institution are unique to you. And it's special because you grew up in your family, you grew up with your parents either pushing you towards this or pushing you to something else. Those are all amazing stories. And it's you. It's your superpower that's coming through. And so, you know, by the time, you know, I don't know, but by the time you're 15, you've got a string of stories of decisions that you've made in your life that are unique to you and no one else. Because no one else had your mom and dad. No one else had your mom and dad who were either, like, incredibly supportive of everything you did or were really tough and strict or were passive aggressive or whatever they were. I mean, everybody has their own story. So it is unique. You just don't think it's unique because it's your story. Wait, wait, wait, back up. It's your story. That's what makes you unique. So I think that's a huge part, is that people think that their story is not helpful.