Trust is a dance that begins when we share our stories. DRINKING FROM A DIFFERENT WELL: HOW WOMEN'S STORIES CHANGE WHAT POWER MEANS IN ACTION
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“I’m a practitioner. I only write about what I’ve tried and what works with groups.” - Annette Simmons, author of @TheStoryFactor this week on the #OnBrandPodcast. Listen now:
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"Although narrative medicine has so far been used mostly to tell stories of illness and disease in a clinical setting, it can also help bridge the gap between fine arts and the hard sciences." piolog.com/2021/11/12/narrat…
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How can we transform arguments into powerful moments of connection? thalerpekar.com/an-explorati…
"The groups with blowhards were less neurally aligned than were those with mediators, the study found."
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“Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins” is on sale on Kindle during September! amazon.com/Whoever-Tells-Bes…
I've always felt that most people who say "you have to choose your battles" weren't choosing many battles at all. If any.
Then again, my own activism is probably due to a lack of impulse control that simply LOOKS like courage after the fact.
Empathy in action is often a deviation from standard procedures. Actions of empathy violate the assumption that quality = consistency. We build trust by being inconsistent on purpose: more generous than required or sacrificing a bit more than we have to.
“When we stand by and let exclusionary behavior happen, we are bystanders. By definition, if you are not speaking up when bad things happen you are contributing to the problem.”
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"When we witness the same narrative, we don't have to tell them what the conclusions are. They actually come to the same conclusions themselves."
Annette Simmons (@TheStoryFactor) shared with us her insights on strong, meaningful communication:
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"The potential for creating novel brilliant solutions is not going to be found at one ivory tower or the other but in the middle." -Annette
Annette explains why we must have collaborative narratives when seeking solutions to shared problems.
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Author Annette Simmons @TheStoryFactor met with clients of Thaler Pekar & Partners for a virtual talk on how women can learn to trust their instincts. Here's the advice she gave us for transforming arguments into powerful moments of connection. buff.ly/3OiPot2
