Human beings are hard-wired for narrative - it’s how our brains work, how we make sense of the world and our lives. Seventy per cent of what we learn is through stories - so if you want to connect with other people, the most effective way is to tell a story. In some fundamental sense we need stories. As an individual but particularly as a business owner, one of the most powerful ways of making … [Read more...] about Why is it so important to tell stories?
Storytelling
For those days when you need a protective bubble
I’m back. Well, I’m almost back but not quite. My head is full of cotton wool and I feel a little disorientated and delicate. I thought I’d be away - from home, from this virtual world - for five days but it has turned out to be a whole week. As I said in my last post, if you remove the distractions of 21st-century life it’s harder to suppress or repress emotions we may not want … [Read more...] about For those days when you need a protective bubble
What would you do without your 21st-century toys?
As of 2pm tomorrow afternoon, I will be unable to communicate electronically or telephonically for five days. It will probably sting for a while but I’ll get used to it fairly quickly. I know this because I managed to survive without my iPhone/iPad/Macbook for eight whole days last year. No surfing the web, no texting, no emails, no Facebook, no Tumblr, no Twitter, no Pinterest, no iPlayer - … [Read more...] about What would you do without your 21st-century toys?
This is a fantastic action montage of one of the most visually stunning moments from the Lord of the Rings trilogy: the lighting of the beacons. I remember sitting in the cinema watching Return of the King with a friend and becoming overwhelmed at the sheer scale and majesty of the sequence - but also the deeper meaning of what I was seeing. In the narrative arc of the film, this represents a … [Read more...] about
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There’s so much wisdom in this one-minute clip from Neil in 49 Up (see post below).(Source: https://www.youtube.com/) … [Read more...] about
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There’s no such thing as an ordinary life
I’m not often excited by the announcement of a television programme, but this one is different. This one is the latest instalment of a brilliant documentary series that started way back in 1964 and has been broadcast only once every seven years. It is now known as The Up Series, starting with Seven Up!, which introduced the 14 British children who would be filmed every seven years of their … [Read more...] about There’s no such thing as an ordinary life