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Telling stories that light up frontal lobes
From the course: Work on Purpose
Telling stories that light up frontal lobes
(upbeat music) - [Woman] "People will forget what you said, "people will forget what you did. "But people will never forget how you made them feel." It's Maya Angelou quote. - [Female] And it's totally appropriate for talking about purpose at work. Because impact, impact stories are something that we talk a lot about in our consulting business. And impact stories are true emotional stories about how a business or person made a difference to a customer or to a colleague. And these impact stories don't include all the specs and product details. Instead, they focus on the emotions and the impact. - [Woman] And we could give you a lot of examples from pharmaceutical companies with life saving drugs, or from banks who give out small business loans or from teachers who taught you know, the next Oprah in the third grade. - [Female] Well, those are kind of easy, and they're kind of obvious, you got something better. - [Woman]…