What Do You Do When Your Best Isn't Good Enough?

Last night, I went to The Moth – a storytelling competition – hoping to get a chance to speak. The format is to tell a five-minute story that is true, happened to you, and shared without notes.The theme was “competition.” I thought I had a doozey: how, in my 20s, I’d...

Greeks, Shakespeare, a German and Stories

As you can tell, I’m on a business storytelling binge lately. Here’s the next useful idea for you.Bless the people who do research and then share what they discover, so we can use it in a practical way!This week’s shout-out goes to Gustav Freytag, a German poet and...