How Do You Find Great Stories?

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"I don't think they should change the way they live their life," he says. "We just do things all the time for reasons that we don't understand" He doesn't want two hilarious examples, but one heartfelt example and one weird example. When I see a fly buzzing around my classroom, I'll always say to myself, why do you talk to flies? And then I know it has three days to live as a side of mortality.

Matthew Dicks is an internationally bestselling author, columnist, blogger, podcaster, playwright, and teacher. A 53-time Moth StorySLAM champion and 7-time Moth GrandSLAM champion, Matthew teaches storytelling and public speaking to individuals, corporations, universities, entrepreneurs, religious institutions, and school districts worldwide.

We talked about why to tell stories, how to find stories, how to organize and develop stories in your Personal Knowledge Management system, how to make time for stories, and finally, how to tell better stories.

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