Let the Story Do the Work
The Art of Storytelling for Business Success
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Emily Woo Zeller
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Esther K. Choy
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It sounds so simple: Tell stories from your life, and people will remember your message. But when you get down to crafting one, there's nothing easy about it.
Material for stories surrounds us. Yet few people are skilled at sharing personal anecdotes and even fewer know how to link them to professional goals. Whether you want to stand out in the interview process, add punch to a presentation, or make a compelling case for a new initiative, Let the Story Do the Work shows you how to mine your experience for simple narratives that convey who you are, what you want to achieve, and why others should care.
Packed with enlightening examples, the book explains how to find the perfect hook, structure your story...and deliver it at the right time in the right way. You'll discover how to use stories to:
- Capture attention
- Engage your audience
- Change minds - inspire action
- Bring facts and data to life
- Clarify challenging concepts
- Pitch persuasively
- Fundraise effectively
- And more
Never underestimate the power of a great story. Learn to leverage the elements of storytelling - and turn everyday communications into opportunities to connect, gain buy-in, and build lasting relationships.
©2017 Esther Choy (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Published by arrangement with AMACOM, a division of American Management Association International, New York.Listeners also enjoyed...
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- How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change
- By: Chris Ertel, Lisa Kay Solomon
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Moments of Impact is an audiobook on a mission: to eradicate time-sucking, energy-depleting workshops and meetings. In our fast-changing world, organizations have important challenges and opportunities to address - and no time to waste. Moments of Impact delivers the single most useful resource for managers and leaders who need better strategic conversation - now - to shape the future of their organizations.
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Another audiobook failure. Buy the real book
- By Jonathan on 02-08-15
By: Chris Ertel, and others
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Winning from Within
- A Breakthrough Method for Leading, Living, and Lasting Change
- By: Erica Ariel Fox
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Life is a series of negotiations, whether or not you think of yourself as a negotiator. From seemingly insignificant daily decisions to major life choices, you negotiate every time you aim to persuade, argue over a decision, or resolve a conflict. But as negotiations and leadership expert Erica Ariel Fox reveals, the most important negotiations - the ones that determine the impact of our actions and the quality of our lives - are those we have with ourselves.
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Enlightening is an understatement
- By Lucas on 01-13-19
By: Erica Ariel Fox
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To Sell Is Human
- The Surprising Truth about Moving Others
- By: Daniel H. Pink
- Narrated by: Daniel H. Pink
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine Americans works in sales. Every day more than 15 million people earn their keep by persuading someone else to make a purchase. But dig deeper and a startling truth emerges: Yes, one in nine Americans works in sales. But so do the other eight. Whether we’re employees pitching colleagues on a new idea, entrepreneurs enticing funders to invest, or parents and teachers cajoling children to study, we spend our days trying to move others.
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Lenghty book with a few solid tips on persuation
- By Gerardo A Dada on 01-21-13
By: Daniel H. Pink
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The High-Potential Leader
- How to Grow Fast, Take on New Responsibilities, and Make an Impact
- By: Ram Charan, Geri Willigan
- Narrated by: Bob Reed
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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Companies need high potential leaders (Hi-Pos) more than ever before to help them adapt to today's tumultuous, digitally-driven business environment. If you meet the Hi-Po criteria, you're in high demand - and this book explains how to fast-track yourself.
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Good book for people wanting to climb the corporate ladder and for executives to accelerate high - potential leaders
- By Niel on 06-23-19
By: Ram Charan, and others
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The Commitment Engine
- Making Work Worth It
- By: John Jantsch
- Narrated by: John Jantsch
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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The small-business guru behind Duct Tape Marketing and The Referral Engine teaches listeners how to establish lasting commitment in their employees, customers, and businesses. Why are some companies able to generate committed, long-term customers while others struggle to stay afloat? Why do the employees of some organizations fully dedicate themselves while others punch the clock without enthusiasm?
By: John Jantsch
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Design a Better Business
- New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation
- By: Patrick van der Pijl, Lisa Kay Solomon, Justin Lokitz
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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This book stitches together a complete design journey from beginning to end in a way that you've likely never seen before, guiding listeners (you) step-by-step in a practical way from the initial spark of an idea all the way to scaling it into a better business. Design a Better Business includes a comprehensive set of tools (over 20 total!) and skills that will help you harness opportunity from uncertainty by building the right team(s) and balancing your point of view against new findings from the outside world.
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Good for people who don't have an experience with Agile and Lean Startup
- By Jovan Vidic on 08-26-17
By: Patrick van der Pijl, and others
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Reality Check
- Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition
- By: Guy Kawasaki
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
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In Silicon Valley slang, a "bozo explosion" is what causes a lean, mean, fighting machine of a company to slide into mediocrity. As Guy Kawasaki puts it, "If the two most popular words in your company are partner and strategic, and partner has become a verb, and strategic is used to describe decisions and activities that don't make sense"...then it's time for a reality check.
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The Reality of Reality Check
- By Ben on 08-18-09
By: Guy Kawasaki
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The Myth of the Nice Girl
- Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate
- By: Fran Hauser, Jodi Lipper
- Narrated by: Fran Hauser
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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In The Myth of the Nice Girl, Fran Hauser deconstructs the negative perception of "niceness" that many women struggle with in the business world. If women are nice, they are seen as weak and ineffective, but if they are tough, they are labeled a bitch. Hauser proves that women don't have to sacrifice their values or hide their authentic personalities to be successful.
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- By Cindy blunt on 12-04-18
By: Fran Hauser, and others
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Power Listening
- Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All
- By: Bernard T Ferrari
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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Listening is harder than it looks - but it's the difference between business success and failure. Nothing causes bad decisions in organizations as often as poor listening. But Bernard Ferrari, adviser to some of the nation's most influential executives, believes that such missteps can be avoided and that the skills and habits of good listening can be developed and mastered. He offers a step-by-step process that will help you become an active listener, able to shape and focus any conversation.
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Better listening made easy
- By Alejandro A. on 09-07-12
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Who
- The A Method for Hiring
- By: Geoff Smart, Randy Street
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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Geoff Smart and Randy Street offer a simple, four-step method for hiring with confidence, designed for everyone from the CEO on down. Who shows you how to avoid the most common pitfalls of hiring, how to identify "A Players" - people who can perform their job better than 90 percent of the candidates in their field - and how to make sure the best candidate will be excited to join your organization.
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Great book but need PDF of Scorecard material
- By Nancy Walsh on 10-17-12
By: Geoff Smart, and others
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- Jennifer
- 09-15-18
A few good take aways
I would reorder this book if a different narrator were to read the book. This is not a novel and the narrator tried to read it like it was. I realized the actual content was worth listening to so I upped the speed of the reader to 1.25 and I was able to make it to the end. I'm not trying to be hurtful, I'm certain with the right book the narrator would have been fine. I found it a bit ironic that the book states more than a few times to "know your audiance."
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- A. Yoshida
- 07-24-19
Not enough relevant examples
There are some good tips on crafting a story. However, there just wasn't enough relevant examples, specific steps, and "before" and "after" stories after applying the steps.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-27-20
Great book!
This book offers practical and detailed guidance on how to craft effective stories for a variety of use cases and business scenarios.
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- Pharmgirl
- 08-07-18
Hard to stay engaged.
This book was good. It just was tedious to listen to. I kept zoning out. Not a book to listen to while driving
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-05-18
Insightful Guide to Better Communication
Esther Choy teaches us how to become master communicators by capturing the power of storytelling. She teaches us the five basic plots found within business stories.
A well-crafted and insightful book uses clear language, literary references, and our natural inclination to caste ourselves in the story.
I highly recommend the book to anyone who wants to communicate more effectively in all aspects of their lives.
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- Senkcity
- 08-15-18
Best Storytelling Book Thus Far
Really enjoy this book - gave a different perspective into storytelling I didn't consider. Definitely noticed a difference at work.
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- Daniel
- 12-23-17
Story Telling well explained!
This book was a pleasure to listen. I learned a lot of tools I’ll use when selling and teaching.
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- Dimitar Velev
- 06-16-19
Amazing book
This book is amazing starting point into the world of storytelling. Esther Choy has shared lots of ideas in an easy-to-understand manner. I really liked her book. Well narrated book.
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- Taylore
- 12-05-18
Too Sloooow
Did not like the narrator for this book. Reads very slow, lots of unnecessary pauses, makes the material boring. 2 hours in and the book is still giving examples of stories but no actual instruction or plan. So far, more like a book report on story telling styles. Would benefit from a different narrator and a better edit.
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- Anastasia
- 09-06-17
Couldn't keep my interest.
Honestly, for a storyteller who is in the business of telling stories, this story was so terribly told. I never felt any emotion to the story (something pressed upon), and found it hard to follow among the distractions of life.
-- and whoever was chosen to narrate this story was a terrible choice.
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