What is a story in the second chapter of Story Thinking?

The viewpoint of the article comes from story thinking.

This is the second chapter. What is a story? Chapter summary.

1. This old story has some value.

If a story has been circulated for thousands of years, it must contain something valuable. Packaging the truth with stories is a good way to make people open their hearts to you and accept the facts you tell.

Influence others with stories.

Stories are the most powerful tool when you want to influence others.

Jesus and Muhammad changed the direction of people's lives with stories; Cavemen use picture stories to improve their status; In Arabian Nights, the clever concubine Sheikh Lachard used stories to attract the king who was in charge of life and death, thus delaying her execution indefinitely.

In the story, the immortals and fairies violated heaven because of fighting or falling in love, and were eventually demoted to livestock. What is embodied here is human order, that is, people should abide by social rules.

1. Learn what is important through stories.

Stories don't need power, they create power. When you understand the power of stories, you don't need leadership positions. Like King Arthur's rapier, a story can produce magical power without secular authority, and it will create another status and power of its own. As a storyteller, you use the power of stories to connect you with people who listen to stories, and let them know what is important and meaningful through stories. And they will owe you the wisdom and wisdom they got from the story.

Just like Arthur holding a thin sword, he is known as the "legend of the king" and is invincible; You are telling a story and spreading the truth. However, if you abuse this power and forget your original intention, you will sink like King Arthur ... and then the well-known story will not be repeated.

2. Touch the heart with stories

Stories are the brand of thoughts, which can influence thoughts and touch the deepest part of the soul. You can use it on yourself or on others. When your story touches the soul, then your influence on the soul may be lifelong. You may think of the story you have heard from time to time, and your thoughts and opinions will be influenced by it.

The story is so powerful that it reminds us all the time-we are always reluctant to accept some "answers" that have been told, but want to find our own answers through our own thinking, which is our common weakness.

3. The story awakens numbness

The power of stories can weaken the authority of the world. This story is not so much a revolution as an optional tool. A hopeful and convincing story can awaken the numb people and give them the courage to defend their dignity. If your company is dead and lifeless, a new story full of hope and revival may change the status quo.

1. There is a difference between giving an example and telling a story.

People follow you because you "tell the truth", and the story is actually telling one or several things, whether true or false.

The difference between giving an example and telling a story is that the story is full of emotional color and sensory details. The story integrates details, characters and events into a whole, which is stronger than the simple superposition of various parts.

Some people think that metaphors, analogies and stories should be distinguished. We care more about how to influence others than to make academic distinctions, so we can regard them as stories. A pleasant and touching story, whether it comes from your experience, imagination or written materials.

2. A good story makes people feel true

Whether it is true or not, a good story always makes people feel true.

Even without any supporting evidence, truth can be recognized and understood. We feel beautiful in our first love, but we feel hurt in our love. Resentment keeps people awake. Only by daring to take responsibility can we comfort our psychology. Any story with enough influence will eventually show the context of the truth.

When you tell a story containing truth, it is like a tuning fork, which will make your audience recall their own experiences, enter the story you tell, and make a * * * sound at the "truth" you describe.

Your story will affect anyone.

The overlap of the past, present and future in the story can affect the extremely stingy people and make them reassess their lives. As Kafka once said, a good story should be like a good book-"A book must be an axe that can split the frozen ocean in our hearts".

Think back to a story that touched you-a movie that impressed you deeply, a novel that reshaped your outlook on life, or a family story that has been integrated into your life. Think about it. Are all the stories that moved you true? People follow someone because they are telling the truth.

1. This story is multidimensional.

Stories are "more real" than facts, because stories are multidimensional. Just like justice, honesty and truth, they are complex and multi-layered, and it is difficult to express them by law, statistics or facts. Facts need time, people and places as the background to become truth. Stories include time and people-as short as a few minutes, as long as several generations, involving an event or a series of events, in which there are people, actions and consequences. The location in the story tells us where it happened.

2. The truth of the story

A story embodies a truth, even if it is not the truth of every word. Because the time, place and thoughts in the story are woven into a whole. Stories can be compatible with complex conflicts and contradictions.

When the direct reminder doesn't work, it's time for the story to play.

This one-sentence story is not only a story of "who am I" and "teaching", but also a story of "behavioral value". You will respect others regardless of their status. When the direct reminder doesn't work, the story works.

Stories can grow and develop in the audience's mind.

Other forms of influence, such as rewards, concessions, bribes, rhetoric, coercion and tricks, are too utilitarian and have too obvious purposes. In fact, these techniques also caused resistance, because they did not give people enough room for maneuver and thinking. Stories can develop and grow in the audience's mind. If it is a good story, you don't have to worry about how to keep it alive. It will naturally reverberate in your audience's mind.

5. Stories help you touch your heart.

Whether you want your employees, colleagues, bosses, spouses, children or the public to start, stop or just think about something, stories can help you touch the hearts of the audience. And when your audience sees the truth in your story, they will want to see a far-reaching goal, and then they will take the right action to achieve it.

1. The protagonist of your story

Our life now is more complicated than before. People need leaders. With guidance, they will listen attentively, actively cooperate and even spend money.

Complicated information and affairs, including global organizations, endless phone calls, stepchildren, elderly parents, countless books on self-improvement and disturbing urging, are all direct pressures in spiritual life.

It is not surprising that depression has become an infectious disease. People are used to indifference. Personally, many people don't care whether they have done the right thing, but acquiesce to do what seems to be the simplest or what they think is right. Once they think they have made it clear how to take care of their own interests, the average person is satisfied and rarely takes a heroic step to understand their role in the "overall situation".

Therefore, you should try to change those who only care about immediate interests. They are content with their own small world and indifferent to the world. If you try to persuade them, they will laugh at you in private.

2. People choose who makes sense and whose story is good.

In a complex world, people choose who makes sense and whose story is good. If you still want to convince others with linear analysis and facts, you can't understand, and you can't understand. A humorous person's jokes may be better than a thousand sermons.

3. High-speed development, but also high-speed and complex

We often make work plans, but the plans never change so quickly. One of the reasons is that linear analysis reflects the reality, at best, it reflects the temporary situation; Worst of all, it makes no sense.

4. In a complex world, the story is king.

Faced with the unpredictable, highly complex and ever-changing world we live in, many companies are making symbolic and scene-based planning. In other words, they are replacing the old strategic planning goals/tasks/strategic types with stories.

1. Stories can eliminate confusion and give people direction.

In the complex real world, the story is king. Stories can clear up confusion and give people direction.

One of the reasons why stories can affect people is that they can make setbacks, sufferings and redundant labor meaningful.

A story can help people understand the meaning of despair, and meaningful setbacks are more acceptable than unnecessary setbacks.

2. The story makes people "awake"

People need stories to sober themselves up.

In fact, anyone you want to influence has his own story. The client may be unconscious, but the story is always in his heart. Some people, his story can make him strong; Some people use stories to grieve themselves and excuse themselves; Some people, his story will only make him more anxious and depressed.

3. The significance of this story

If your story inspires them, you can reshape their minds, let them rediscover the meaning of life, and finally re-plan their lives.

If you can convince them, they will walk on the road of heroes. They will regard obstacles as challenges and make progress like heroes, instead of just being victims and feeling sorry for themselves. Help people modify their life stories, and you can change their lives.

1. Stories can reconcile conflicts and interests.

Stories have the ability to communicate the contradictory sides in real life. When facts seem contradictory, stories can keep us fair and consistent. Through stories, we can solve some seemingly irreconcilable contradictions in daily life or workplace and weigh the interests of both sides.

2. Stories can solve contradictions and stimulate enthusiasm.

Policies and regulations can't handle contradictions, but stories can. A good story can promote employees' participation and thinking, and propose ways to reconcile contradictions and conflicts. Stories can make people realize their environment, and at the same time, stories can make people look at problems from another angle. Rules and regulations make people feel exclusive, refuse to participate, and close themselves; But stories can inspire enthusiasm and solve problems creatively.

Policy is dead, but thinking is alive.

The formulation of rules and regulations limits employees' flexibility, which creates distance between people and between employees and passengers. On the other hand, stories enable them to convey their thoughts and feelings well, and then communicate with each other on an equal level. We can't work out a rule to tell us what kind of wisdom we need to deal with difficult situations.

Policies are rigid, but stories can open people's minds, guide them flexibly and make sense. While resolving contradictions, telling a story will not hurt the feelings of either party.

1. A software that can be started through stories.

Stories are like a thinking software you provide to others. When they go back, they will naturally start this software when they encounter similar situations.

The story won't tell you how to do it, but it will affect your thoughts.

Stories don't tell people what to do, but they can strongly influence people's thoughts when making choices.

Most policies make me laugh. If you want to think on behalf of others, which is also the purpose of general policy making, at least the story opens a door and invites the audience to participate in this thinking process.

Mandatory rules prohibit people's participation and tend to make people obey without thinking or pretending, which actually makes things worse.

3. Stories are the most hidden and comfortable way.

If you want your wishes to be played back in the listener's mind at the right time in the future, according to you, the story is the most hidden and comfortable way.

4. How to run such a software? -A wonderful and powerful story

There is no guarantee that everything will go according to our expectations. But stories, in most cases, are much more useful than telling people that things should be done this way.

Stories are like computer software that you put in a person's heart. You can choose how to run the software according to your own input.

Good stories will work again and again, and make sure that the people you want to influence (when not in front of you) are satisfied with their new choices.

1. Choose a unique perspective.

The story tells a specific point of view and chooses a unique perspective (sometimes two or three, we only pay attention to one). Listening to the story is to share his perspective with the narrator simply and indirectly. The same story, if viewed from different angles, will have completely different meanings.

2. Put aside the essence and find a different perspective.

Looking at the problem from different angles will produce completely different actions.

That's the story. Letting others put on your shoes and go out for a walk may have unexpected effects. Most people's behavior is subconscious. If you ask him why he wants to do something, they will give you a good reason, a reason that sounds rational but has nothing to do with the real reason.

The reason is that people usually don't realize that they are making a decision, let alone the reason for making it.

Stories can test those untested ideas.

The reason why we do this is simple. We always do this.

Maybe a long time ago, someone told us to do this, or maybe at a certain moment, we decided it was "right", and in the long run, we followed our feelings.

Once you get into the habit, you seldom look back and reflect. A good story allows us to examine unconscious choices and test untested ideas.

4. The added dimension of the story may be your new choice when facing the problem.

A story gives your audience a new perspective and helps them have one more choice when facing new problems.

Since choice is unconscious, a story can provide a fresh, more objective and wise choice. Generally speaking, self-awareness is enough to change behavior.

Above, chapter II.

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