Your most important story has nothing to do with your speech

Banana trees, struggle as the night, will never, ever produce oranges! E V E R ! Why?!? Because the fruit comes from the root!
Banana roots. Banana fruits. Angry roots. Angry fruits. Dead roots. Dead fruit. 

I train people in leadership communication with an intentional focus on storytelling. Most people see this as a “speech coach” or a “branding coach” because their understanding leads them to see STORY only as a mechanism for connecting with others for the purpose of a sale or transaction. 

Let me drop a truth bomb in your lap. The single most important story you will ever tell, the story which will lead to your success or demise, the story which will LITERALLY define you is NOT your “elevator pitch” it’s not your “best speech story” it’s not even the public presentation of your “rags to riches” story of personal transformation. No!! Emphatically NO!

The most important story you will ever utter will be the one bouncing around in your mind. The collection of your memories which you choose to recall and the ideas you TELL YOURSELF!

1. Choosing the RIGHT, TRUE and accurate story is a practice of good mental health which will lead to success. 
2. Trying to become someone else, imitating their successes, telling their story, faking it until you make it, is poor mental health which will lead to your demise. 

That’s why I teach, train and insist: The message and the messenger are inseparable. Pineapples will not produce ketchup.

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