The Place We Find Ourselves

117 How To Engage Someone's Story Part 1

Jun 20, 2022

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Kindness and the Story Teller's Ambivalence

04:06

How to Attune to the Storyteller

03:56

How to Attune to Someone's Face

03:18

Introduction

3min

The Goal of Story Engagement Is Connection

3min

The Second Purpose of Story Engagement Is Rejoicing Together

2min

How to Engage Someone's Story

3min

How to Attune to the Storyteller

4min

How to Attune to Someone's Face

3min

Story Engagement Is More About Attunement Than About Story Engagement

3min

Kindness and the Story Teller's Ambivalence

4min

The Five Principles of Story Engagement

3min

Engaging another person’s story is a skill that can be learned! Over the course of the next four episodes, I will explain how to engage another person’s story well. Today, I discuss the first two principles of effective story engagement. Principle 1: Attunement is more important than engaging the story brilliantly. Principle 2: Kindness will take you further than skill.

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