Your Life Is Already Story Worthy

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"I'm a person who has died twice and then brought back to life by CPR two times. I've been arrested and tried for a crime I didn't commit," he says. "It's easy to connect to a story about a little boy who discovers something about the world that he didn't know a moment ago" He adds: "Your life is already story worthy. You just have to see it."

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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