Storytelling for Fun and Profit

Written by Alvah Parker


Storytelling for Fun and Profit

Storytelling - It’s a hot topic these days. What do I mean by storytelling? One website says that it is “a narrative account of a real or imagined event or events” That same website (http://www.eldrbarry.net/roos/st_defn.htm) says “Stories connect us with our humanness and link past, present, and future by teaching us to anticipaterepparttar possible consequences of our actions.”

Once a month I read to a local first grade. The children get very excited when they see me because they know we will spend a wonderful hour together using our imaginations. We do that by looking atrepparttar 142317 pictures inrepparttar 142318 book and then making up a story to go with them. Sometimes I stop inrepparttar 142319 middle ofrepparttar 142320 story and ask them what they think is going to happen. When I readrepparttar 142321 poem Casey atrepparttar 142322 Bat, they preferred their ending with Casey hitting a home run!

Aside from its entertainment value stories help us to connect to others. There is a certain amount of shared intimacy when one person shares a story with another. In addition to that some stories help a person to learn something new. Business leaders are just beginning to see storytelling as a way to deal with change. It can be used to produce a practical outcome that changes an individual, a community and/or an organization.

A story is told about a student and his master. Everydayrepparttar 142323 student spent learning from his master. The student noticed thatrepparttar 142324 master always taught him through stories so one day he askedrepparttar 142325 master if it wouldn’t be faster ifrepparttar 142326 master taught him directly. The master responded by askingrepparttar 142327 student to bring him some water. The student thought this response was odd but dutifully got a pot and filled it with water for his master. Seeingrepparttar 142328 pot of water,repparttar 142329 master askedrepparttar 142330 student why he brought himrepparttar 142331 pot when all he asked for was water.

To me that story says so much more than a direct answer and that is justrepparttar 142332 point ofrepparttar 142333 story, isn’t it?

How does one gainrepparttar 142334 insight necessary to find justrepparttar 142335 right story? I always envy musicians and actors in their ability to improvise. A jazz musician for example can pick uprepparttar 142336 melody and improvise wonderful variations. Actors inrepparttar 142337 same way can getrepparttar 142338 barest of facts and then create a monologue or dialogue right inrepparttar 142339 moment. To me improvisation is amazing! I am in awe of those who do it.

Choosing a Good Book

Written by Sanjib Ahmad


With 100s and thousands of books available on business topic, how do you choose a good book that you want to purchase or read? If you narrow down your choice to a particular book you will still need to decide if it is worth,

- spendingrepparttar money to buyrepparttar 142316 book, and - spendingrepparttar 142317 time to readrepparttar 142318 book

Business.marc8.com - Business Best Sellers provides ebook and book related product information, author and editorial material, user reviews and feedback on current best sellers. You can get listings ofrepparttar 142319 top 10 best selling business books, ebooks and information products forrepparttar 142320 current month.

Previous month’s best seller listings are also available inrepparttar 142321 archives. Whilerepparttar 142322 current month top 10 books and ebooks are available fromrepparttar 142323 main menus,repparttar 142324 archives can be accessed fromrepparttar 142325 footer menu ofrepparttar 142326 site.

A compiled listing like this makes it convenient to buy a book on business with organized categories and easy to navigate pages. The best sellers of every month are listed in an easy to use format. The pages are structured in a simple user interface to help you findrepparttar 142327 right business book you are look for.

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