Episode 58. This Is Going to Change Your Life with Matthew Dicks
What are the secrets of award-winning stories? How learning about stories will ruin movies forever? What is the one habit that will make you a better storyteller and also change your life?
Welcome to The Storypowers Podcast, the show about the power of stories, the people who tell them and why you should be doing it too. I’m your host, keynote speaker and storytelling coach, Francisco Mahfuz.
My guest today is Matthew Dicks.
Matthew and I have a lot in common. We have both taught storytelling around the world and written on the value of sharing our most embarrassing moments in front of an audience. We have lived in apartments that smelled like curry, learned important lessons from Brazilian teenagers, and been accused of crimes we didn’t commit.
But that’s where our similarities end, because Matthew is a teacher, bestselling author of multiple books and, having won The Moth’s StorySlam 50 times and their GrandSlam 6 times, he is arguably one of the best storytellers in the world.
The book we refer to throughout the episode is Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling.
You can find Matthew at matthewdicks.com.
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You can connect with me on LinkedIn, where I post regularly, and on storypowers.com. You can also check out my book "Bare: A Guide to Brutally Honest Public Speaking" on Amazon.
