Sep
28
No boring stories allowed
No one wants to hear a story about a man who was born into a wealthy family, went to the best private school, was captain of his high school football team, went to Harvard, became a doctor, married his college sweetheart… Boring, isn’t it?
I’d rather hear a story about a woman who cut school, sneaked out at night, got in trouble, got picked up for being a prostitute (but really wasn’t one), got pregnant… And then she realized that she didn’t want to bring up her daughter that way, and went to junior college at night… She got her degree in business and now employs 30 young women.
The power of story is when we can learn from the mistakes of others, so we don’t have to suffer ourselves.