From the course: Leading with Stories
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Lesson and action
- So you just told a great story. Now what? Well, the most productive thing you can do after you finish telling the story is to just listen. Remember, presumably you're having a conversation with someone. It's a requirement that you let them talk at some point. This is that point and the reason is that people are far more passionate about pursuing their ideas than they are about pursuing your ideas. Give the story a chance to work. You know, if you picked a good story to tell and did a halfway decent job of telling it, your audience will already have come to the conclusion that you wanted them to and will already be thinking about taking the action you wanted them to take. Find out and if they did, you never have to answer questions like, what should I learn from this and what do you think I should do now? Your audience will have answered them for you. Now if you find out they came to the wrong conclusion or recommended action, you can always answer the questions yourself and redirect…
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