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You Are The Actor or Actress Of Your Own Story
Many thinkers and writers, both past and present, have described human beings in this world as actors and actresses on a big stage, this life, to one great play. Ask yourself, what role are you playing? Who's writing your script? Are you acting out your own story? Or are you simply going through the motions in someone else's play?
We each have a set of ideas or beliefs about ourselves that define us as a central character in a "story" that we're living out. All of the elements of the story have been passed down as part of our culture or upbringing, taught or ingrained, or simply fabricated in our own minds. We then go about enacting our stories as if they were true.
The thing is, most of us don't even realize that we're enacting a story, much less someone else's story. Because of this, we're completely at the mercy of the story and its writer, how it unfolds, how we react to certain events, and the eventual course our life takes.
If we don't take the time to construct our own story, we'll continue enacting our current one, even if it isn't working for us and even if someone else is holding the pen, or typing the keys.
So how can you discover the story you're enacting and decide if it's time to create your own spin-off? Here are some pointers:
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Assume you are in fact enacting a story. Uncover the elements of your story. Be a detective, hunting for clues. Look at all your behaviors and describe them piece by piece, until the "whole" story emerges.
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Assess your story. Are you happy with it? What would you change, remove, or add to this story to make it more satisfying? Re-write your story - become the author of the grandest story you can envision - a story that truly inspires.
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Share your new story with important people in your life. Talk about your specific role in the story and why it appeals to you. The more you talk about your new story, the more it will become a part of you.
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Commit to living your new role in some way. Make at least one change that is in alignment with the new story.
Finally, explore how your new story fits into the bigger story of your family, organization, corporation, country, and the world. What contribution can your new individual story make to the bigger story?
Remember, you are the author and you can write your own story any way you wish. And lastly, you time is limited. So do not waste it. Spend it wisely!
Joshua Poon is the webmaster of inspiring-quotes-and-stories.com. Visit Inspiring Quotes and Stories for inspiration.
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Have you noticed that Oprah steals popular stories from other networks?
It seems like most of the people Oprah interviews are people that i have seen on other shows like 20/20 or dateline or other shows like that. Do a lot of tv hosts do this or what or is Oprah just cheating and copying other people and not being original. No wonder her show is so popular, she just gets the popular stories that other people have done and then has them on her show where they become even more popular. Most of the stories i see that she does aired on other shows like months ago.
Oprah steals cars, this is true.
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Telling Your Story - A Powerful Coaching Tool
A few nights ago I had the opportunity to spend some time with a few of my dear Storytelling colleagues, a wonderful group of inspired, talented people who share my passion to tell stories.
We were discussing the transformation of the story as it moves from written form to the oral tale. What happens when we tell the story that we have just read? Or that someone has just told us? How does the story change?
Part of the discussion reminded me of that game we used to play as kids 'chinese whispers' - where someone would whisper a message to someone else and it would be passed down the line. The end result was a completely distorted and usually very funny message.
When I tell a story, I tell my story. Even if I'm telling the story of Little Red Riding Hood, it's my version. The way I remember it told to me as a child, or the book that I read later and then all kinds of other influences. In truth, the way I choose to tell a story will include my attitudes and my beliefs. My personality and my values all come through in the story.
When I tell a story, I tell my story. I tell who I am, or at least, how I see myself. If I feel strong and positive, it's in my story. If I feel hurt or misjudged, it's in my story. If I feel like a success or a failure, it's in my story. If I feel victorious or like a victim, it's in my story.
And yet, so often we are oblivious to the stories we tell. We all have people in our lives that tell the same stories again and again. You know the scene, you're sitting around the dinner table, the main course has just been served and Uncle Tom starts saying, 'it reminds me of when I travelled to Paris in 1974' and you know what's coming next. If fact you've heard the Paris story about 1974 times! Why is he stuck in his story? Why do we get stuck in our own stories, and especially the stories that really don't serve us too well?
If we pause for a moment and think about how we tell our stories, and of course why we tell them, we can begin to tell more empowering stories, stories of fun and laughter, stories that lead us to a more positive experience of our own lives. It really is that simple. When we tell stories that are amusing and stories that are uplifting, we really can make our lives more fun and more joyful. When we tell stories of resilience and strength, we really do feel stronger.
So let's make a wish, right now, that we will hear and tell good stories this week. That's right, turn off the television and computer, fold up the newspaper, take a walk in nature or look at something beautiful, listen to some good music and then go tell someone the story of that special moment. And when this works like magic, do it again tomorrow, and the day after! You'll be surprised how wonderful you feel!
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