Short YouTube clip (Mindvalley LIVE #shorts) in which Lisa Nichols contrasts 'show me' versus 'tell me' storytelling. She illustrates the point with a vivid personal anecdote about a period of financial hardship (eating "beanies and weenies," searching couch crevices for money) and describes deciding to change her story.
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A great story is a show me story, not a tell me story. Now this is the distinction. That's the game changer for most. Most people are telling a story. They say, so let me just share with you a little bit of my story and I'll tell you and then I'll show you. So as I was building my life, there was a time in my life that was very difficult. It was very challenging. True story. Very difficult, Very challenging, Very uncomfortable. I didn't have a lot of money. I didn't have a lot of hope and things just looked dismal. I'm telling you that it's decent. You learn about me then. If I were to show you that story, I would say six days a week I had to eat beanies and weenies. I had to find money in the crevices in the corners of my couch so that I can get my sun milk. At some point, I got sick and tired of my own story. Is this going to be my future? Notice the difference in that seconds to one.