How to become a sought-after story teller

The Great Communicator

A teller of stories, the person who everyone goes to in order to hear interesting details, get the nuance, "see" the story they missed. 
What do these people have in common? They are good communicators. 

 Why is being a good communicator important? 

“communication is a symbolic process whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired and transformed”         
(James W. Carey)






           













            Our stories help define our culture

 We know who we are by the stories we tell each other and the stories that we accept.    
          We judge people, places, events, EVERYTHING based on our self-definition. 



         



   


      Culture as a Skyscraper:
High culture
Low culture
       Different media for each
But many people consume both.
Culture as a Map:
Culture is an ongoing, changing process.

        Change in culture comes when we disregard the story. 




                 "Culture...was becoming increasingly organized during the twentieth century. And the model for that organization was the hierarchical, bureaucratic corporation.”
— Jackson Lears, Historian

                                                          (He’s a Marxist)





TV sets in use for more than seven hours a day
More refined culture struggles to find an audience
Popular media may inhibit social progress by transforming us into cultural dupes.
We have been seduced by the promise of products
            (Marxism)

            What would make us disregard the story?
  •           Something personal?
  •           A change in media perhaps?

                      
        Get better friends

 What is the story that changed you?

There is no judgment here just a hard look at yourself and what you do and how you have become who you are now. Remember, the unexamined life is not worth living. You can use Morning Pages to begin to figure this out. 

FOR MONDAY:
Getting to know yourself




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