People don’t forget stories. They forget facts
Stories are important. They have a power to change things.
Stories are how we learn. How we pass knowledge on. They inspire.
They explain what it all means.
When a story is told well and it connects with a person, a change can happen
That’s why we do this thing.
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But there’s a problem with stories, in that no-one remembers the boring ones. People remember the one-in-a-million, the outliers, the exceptions. Quite often, though, it’s the boring story that’s more important. I’m not saying stories aren’t important – they are – but there’s a risk of putting too much stock in anecdotes (“my Nan smoked all her life and lived to 101″).
@dai I think what’s boring to some people will be inspiring to others. I don’t think it’s about the one in a millions at all.
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