The Five Most Impactful Things I Learned From the Amazeballz Challenge
(and You Can Use Them Too) For the past 30 days I have been doing the AMAZEBALLZ challenge. What the heck is an “amazeballs challenge”? I’m glad you asked. The Amazeballs Challenge was invented/conceived when I realized that I needed to complete the Storytelling...Is it unprofessional to cry?
Is it unprofessional to cry? How do you react when a man cries, in public? I have been thinking about vulnerability a lot lately. Crying in front of people is an ultimate act of vulnerability. And a LOADED one in our culture! I was listening to the radio and I heard...Succeed with Failure
Hello Story Lover! Today we are gonna get real and raw. And powerful. I spend a lot of time teaching people the importance of not skipping the struggle and failure in the stories they tell. Struggle and failure makes every story better. Failure works because it is...The Amazing Power of Entanglement
Entanglement. Usually we think of an entanglement as something bad. Here’s an alternate definition. Have you ever noticed that when someone you know well does something wrong, makes a mistake, messes up – you can understand and forgive them MUCH MUCH more easily...3 ways to add more AMAZEBALLS to your life
You love to make stuff. But sometimes you need a little boost. I know I do. Right now the days are longer. More time to be awake and making awesome stuff happen, right? When you spend your “extra” time wallowing in amazeballs stuff, you get smarter and more creative....Raising The Bar
Since I’ve been on a roll (rant) about raising the bar as speakers, let’s explore a technique that will make us ALL better speakers and presenters, shall we? Great speakers put 50% of their prep time into the opening and closing of their speech. Why? Because openings...Why (most) chiropractic speeches suck
The Case for Training and Preparation: Why Chiropractic Speeches Suck Part One: The world we live in We live in a TED talk world. What does that means? Everyone knows about TED talks and everyone watches TED talks. They are the status quo of our intercultural exchange...Have you ever tried using the Hero’s Journey?
I’m in it. Up to my neck. The project is dense and dark and feels overwhelming. In Story Land, that’s the point where cool stuff starts to happen. I know that. But I don’t live in Story Land. I live in Mary Land. (hee. get it?) Let’s inspect...Embrace the Suck
Learning something new. Ugh. Here at The Art of Story Project, I’ve been challenged lately. My challenge has been centered around learning to do my own design work (some of it). As The Art of Story Project picks up speed, I find myself needing graphics on the fly all...About Mary
Mary is obsessed with STORY. She loves learning about stories and how to tell them better. She wants to help you do the same. She feels like she should tell you a really good story here but there is not enough room.