One of the powers of great stories…

is that they can activate others to make better decisions...

Patrick

Your Weekly Wisdom Mastery — 

Balancing Profit and Humanity: The Key to Impactful Business Storytelling

This video clip is part of our Significant Impact Monthly Masterclass on "STORIES TO ACTIVATE DECISIONS".

Access our full SIM "STORIES TO ACTIVATE DECISIONS" Training by:

1) Signing up our Significant Impact Monthly Masterclass program here.

which opens up the ability for you to:

2) Immediately access our full SIM Masterclass training on "STORIES TO ACTIVATE DECISIONS" here!

So GOOD!

Your Weekly Growth Challenge — 

Try the…

Storyteller's Mastery Challenge

Take time and dive deeply into each of these 5 steps to create, build and share stories that activate decisions (a very powerful way to use stories, both personally & professionally)!

1. Story Selection and Audience Identification

- Choose a story that could significantly impact...

A well-crafted story can influence others…

to be better, do better, and even amplify success in business!

Your Weekly Wisdom Mastery — 

Storytelling Secrets for Driving Business Buy-In

This video clip is part of our Significant Impact Monthly Masterclass on "STORIES TO ACTIVATE DECISIONS".

Access our full SIM "STORIES TO ACTIVATE DECISIONS" Training by:

1) Signing up our Significant Impact Monthly Masterclass program here.

which opens up the ability for you to:

2) Immediately access our full SIM Masterclass training on "STORIES TO ACTIVATE DECISIONS" here!

So GOOD!

Your Weekly Growth Challenge — 

Try the…

Storytelling Decision-Maker Challenge

The Scenario:

You are a senior leader in your organization, and an important business decision needs to be made that will significantly impact strategy, operations, finances, or another critical area.

However, there is disagreement among the decision-making team about the right path forward.

Your...

Growing up in Cincinnati, my family drove south for our summer vacations.  Kentucky has many amazing state parks and wooded resorts.  I fondly remember Cumberland Falls, Greenbo Lake, Carter Caves and Gwinn Island. 

My favorite was Natural Bridge State Park.

I loved hiking to the Natural Bridge.  It was both cool and scary.  I remember walking to it and looking over an edge.  YEOW!  A long way down. 

My Wisdom Story from Natural Bridge State Park, though, was in the gift shop.  My Dad was a credit manager at a large retailer.  Day after day, he saw people devastated by extending way beyond their means which made him pretty tight with his cash.  At a very young age, I knew how much money was set aside for my Christmas gifts.  I knew to ask for something within my gift budget. 

So there we were in the gift shop and my Dad tells me, 'you can buy one thing in the gift shop.'  WOWEE!  What a surprise and it wasn't...