Archive for 'Accessing your personal story'
Life: the movie
I’ve been reading about story today, specifically Kathy Hansen’s blog, A Storied Career, an absolute treasure trove of information about story and the role of story in our lives and careers. One of the charms of this topic for me is that I find it impossible to read about story and not constantly apply […]
Posted: February 10th, 2008 under Future story, Accessing your personal story, Uncategorized.
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What’s your one-word New Year’s resolution? Join the FutureStory 2008 goal achievement experiment!
Interested in accomplishing a specific goal in 2008 and developing an anthology of stories of your success?
As I was walking my dogs this morning I was contemplating the new year and the notion of New Year’s resolutions. I usually don’t “do” resolutions… having experienced too many years of not quite achieving my goal. But it […]
Posted: December 29th, 2007 under Future story, Appreciative Inquiry (AI), Accessing your personal story.
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Introducing … “Career Kick Start for Recent or Soon-to-be Graduates Program
I’m delighted to announce my new program, Career Kick Start for Recent or Soon-to-be Grads. Brief info below is from the press release. You can also read a more detailed program description. I have another program and a workshop under development as well. More info is available here.
Career Kick Start for Recent or Soon-to-be […]
Posted: December 18th, 2007 under Story in job search, Self-marketing, Use of story, Researching potential employers, Accessing your personal story, Presenting your personal story, Job interviews.
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A definitive guide to writing your own stories
Annette Simmons, author of numerous books, including The Story Factor, has a new title called Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact. In this book, Simmons provides a guide to developing personal stories to cover any scenario we are likely to encounter in […]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 under Story in job search, Self-marketing, Story in business, Use of story, Accessing your personal story, Presenting your personal story, Uncategorized.
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A “growth mindset:” yet another reason for exploring our story
As I’ve said before, I believe that communication of strengths and expertise is most successfully achieved through story. The simplest, most efficient and least stressful way to market ourselves is to tell stories to illustrate our attributes. When I work with clients to help them create a portfolio of stories to illustrate their strengths and […]
Posted: September 10th, 2007 under Carol Dweck, Use of story, Accessing your personal story.
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Be prepared! How to use stories about your strengths
Roger Carl Schank’s work originally focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and how computers could be programmed based on what we know about how human beings learn. Since then, he has shifted his focus from AI to human intelligence.
In the following quote from pages 84-85 of his book Tell Me a Story: Narrative and Intelligence […]
Posted: September 1st, 2007 under Self-marketing, Self-marketing for introverts, Story in business, Use of story, Accessing your personal story, Presenting your personal story, Job interviews.
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