Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes 🌴47. Your stories are boring (Here’s how to fix them!) feat. Matthew Dicks (Weekend Rewind)
Internationally bestselling author Matthew Dicks shares why storytelling so important, and how telling stories is not simply sharing a series of events; it’s the manipulation of emotions.
It’s a skill that can be taught and he shares some of the techniques he uses to engage his audience, whether they're 10 year old kids, or politicians.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- What a story is (and what it isn’t)
- The details you should leave in your story and more importantly; the details you can leave out
- How you can become more memorable by sharing things that are vulnerable, amusing or embarrassing
- That it’s important to assume that no one wants to listen to anything you have to say
- How to start collecting your own stories by reflecting on everyday moments
Matthew Dicks is the internationally bestselling author of the novels Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, Something Missing, Unexpectedly, Milo, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling.
His novels have been translated into more than 25 languages worldwide.
When not hunched over a computer screen, Matthew fills his days as an elementary school teacher, a storyteller, a speaking coach, a blogger, a wedding DJ, a minister, a life coach, and a Lord of Sealand.
Resources
- Matthew Dicks
- Grab his new book! Stories Sell: Storyworth Strategies to Grow Your Business and Brand
- Video: Life lessons learned while pole vaulting told by Matthew Dicks
- Video: Homework for Life by Matthew Dicks
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