Someone asks us "Can you tell me the story of [blank, insert here what is relevant to you: your life, your career, your brand, your relationship, your summer holiday, your hobby, your adventures]?" and the magic can begin...
The stories we tell again and again, those are the ones we remember and that shape not only our memories and our past but also our thoughts about ourselves and who we are, about others, and about the world we live in.
[Among my favorite stories: How I adopted my cat Kim,
my first winter in freezing cold Berlin,
and how I learned to bake farinata like a pro]
Those stories, no matter the topic or circumstances, become a sort of invisible archive easily accessible to us, a mind palace that we keep visiting in order to share our stories with others, reflect on what happened before, understand what's happening now, and guess what is "therefore" going to happen next.
We are the stories we tell, and those stories are our past, our present, and our future.
"Which of your stories do you love to tell again and again?"
Tags: Coaching question, Self-coaching, Self-awareness, Self-reflection, Personal storytelling, Personal brand
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