Posts Tagged ‘storytelling’

You are a mentor

It is true. I know it may be hard to believe. “Mentorship” is one of those words that can be big and scary. One that can often bring up the self-questioning thoughts that often echo in our psyches:

“I really haven’t accomplished enough to be able to mentor someone else.”

“The skills/position/experience/(fill in the blank) really isn’t mentoring worthy.”

“I wouldn’t know where to begin with a mentoring process.”

It’s not true. Everyone has something that is completely unique, that they are experts in that no one else can claim. That is the story of their own experience…

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One word stories

If you’re friends with me on Facebook, you know that I often post one word status updates. I started doing this last year out of complete boredom. For a period that lasted six months, I would only post a single word.

Of course something very interesting happened—with learnings to be had.

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What did you earn today?

Last week @MarkFairbanks and I had the esteemed honor of participating in Seth Godin’s Medicine Ball Sessions. I call it an honor because it truly was. Not only because we got the opportunity to engage with Seth for 3 full days and learn what’s in his head, but the people that were in attendance were amazing. They came from all walks of life, all types of experience but with one thread that wove us all together; a willingness to see see things differently, own it and do something with it.

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The Importance of Story

“Work for you?”

The question hung in the air after reading Chris Brogan’s post “The Importance of Story in Your Life.” His question being in reference to the task required to secure a free copy of a book he loves – “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” by Donald Miller. But it seemed to mean much more. Perhaps because the story of stories is so close to my heart.

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