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Explore "relatability" with insightful episodes like "Brittany Snow: Stop Falling in Love with Potential [VIDEO]", "Why Your Show Matters", "How to tell better stories | Matthew Dicks (Storyworthy)", "Trisha is PREGNANT With Baby Elvis!" and "S7 EP4: Seann Walsh (The Return)" from podcasts like ""Call Her Daddy", "Everyday Positivity", "Lenny's Podcast: Product | Growth | Career", "Just Trish" and "Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell"" and more!
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Why Your Show Matters
How to tell better stories | Matthew Dicks (Storyworthy)
Matthew Dicks is a best-selling author, columnist, blogger, podcaster, playwright, and teacher. He wrote my all-time favorite book on storytelling, Storyworthy. He is an elementary school teacher by day and by night teaches storytelling and public speaking to individuals, corporations, universities, religious institutions, and school districts around the world. He’s taught storytelling at Yale, MIT, Harvard, and Purdue, along with Amazon, Salesforce, Slack, Lego, and others. In this conversation, Matthew shares insights and techniques for effective storytelling, including:
• The benefits of good storytelling in business
• The five-second moment and why it’s so important
• Why you should start every story at the end
• How to build a vault of stories that can be deployed in business situations
• Tips on how to be funnier
• His life-changing “Homework for Life” practice
• Advice for dealing with nervousness in public speaking
• The power of saying yes
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Find the full transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/how-to-tell-better-stories-matthew-dicks-storyworthy/
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Where to find Matthew Dicks:
• Website: https://matthewdicks.com/
• X: https://twitter.com/MatthewDicks
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-dicks-84a95711/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4K0fcEJkzJLso5h6CN00LQ
• Storyworthy: https://www.storyworthymd.com/
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Matthew’s background
(04:27) The five-second moment
(10:29) Knowing the ending
(14:28) The importance of including a transformation
(15:59) The dinner test
(18:19) You can’t tell someone else’s story
(20:24) Vacation stories
(23:14) Adding stakes to the story
(25:12) The power of surprise
(29:20) The benefits of storytelling in business
(32:20) An example of adding stakes
(34:02) Storytelling in the workplace
(44:29) Using personal inventory to make stories relatable
(48:46) Four ways to keep people listening
(50:52) Using humor in business storytelling
(53:09) Advice for adding humor
(58:43) An example of how storytelling helped a biotech company sell product
(1:02:06) Advice for people who don’t want to become storytellers
(1:06:35) The power of “Homework for Life”
(01:15:26) Practical tips for starting Homework for Life
(01:19:28) Dealing with nervousness in public speaking
(01:24:42) Preparing for a talk or presentation
(01:25:24) The power of saying yes
(01:30:55) Lightning round
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Referenced:
• How ‘Star Wars’ answers our biggest religious questions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/21/how-star-wars-answers-our-biggest-religious-questions/
• When Harry Met Sally on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/When-Harry-Sally-Billy-Crystal/dp/B001Q556QG
• Persuasive communication and managing up | Wes Kao (Maven, Seth Godin, Section4): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/persuasive-communication-and-managing-up-wes-kao-maven-seth-godin-section4/
• Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Tenets of Storytelling: https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/04/03/kurt-vonnegut-on-writing-stories/
• Vertigo on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Vertigo-James-Stewart/dp/B000I9YLXU
• Ocean’s Eleven on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Oceans-Eleven-George-Clooney/dp/B001EBV0JE
• David Mamet | JCCSF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZOT1jCHfhI
• Pulp Fiction on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Pulp-Fiction-John-Travolta/dp/B005T3AX6E
• Charity Thief: Boston Moth StorySLAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjrlGhAB4a4
• Boris Levin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boris-levin-ab95404/
• Masha Reutovski on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masha-reutovski/
• Top Three Steve Jobs Speeches: https://www.pcworld.com/article/482269/top_three_steve_jobs_speeches.html
• The Javits Center: https://www.javitscenter.com/
• Stranger Things on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281
• 1989 (Taylor’s Version) on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/64LU4c1nfjz1t4VnGhagcg
• Classic Sesame Street—one of these things is not like the other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCxrkl2igGY
• Homework for Life: https://matthewdicks.com/homework-for-life/
• Homework for Life | Matthew Dicks | TEDxBerkshires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7p329Z8MD0
• Seth Meyers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Meyers
• David Sedaris on MasterClass: https://www.masterclass.com/classes/david-sedaris-teaches-storytelling-and-humor
• Happy-Go-Lucky: https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Go-Lucky-David-Sedaris/dp/0316392456
• A life of yes: Matthew Dicks at TEDxSomerville: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3TaQFcaMk4
• New York Comedy Festival: https://nycomedyfestival.com/
• In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Sea-Tragedy-Whaleship-Essex/dp/0141001828
• The Tale of Despereaux: https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Despereaux-Being-Princess-Thread/dp/0763680893
• I’ll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood: https://www.amazon.com/Ill-Show-Myself-Out-Motherhood/dp/0062981595
• You’ll Grow Out of It: https://www.amazon.com/Youll-Grow-Out-Jessi-Klein/dp/1455531200
• David Sedaris books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/David-Sedaris/author/B000AQ3YUW
• Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere: https://www.amazon.com/Sure-Ill-Join-Your-Cult/dp/1982168560
• The Last of Us on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us
• Barbie: https://www.barbie-themovie.com/
• Krinner tree genie on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Krinner-Genie-Christmas-Stand-Small-Green/dp/B081D78FTP
• Power Pod: https://powerpodshop.com/
• Nostalgia hotdog toaster: https://www.amazon.com/Nostalgia-HDT600RETRORED-Pop-Up-Toaster-Retro/dp/B005Q8X6IO
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A Conversation with Billie Eilish
This week we have a special episode where Jenna and Angela sit down with “The Office” superfan and popstar, Billie Eilish! Billie shares her favorite episodes, seasons and what “The Office” means to her. Billie also shares how “The Office” made her learn a couple things incorrectly including thinking that the band U2 was from Scranton. The ladies talk with Billie about what it was like to sample a clip from “Threat Level Midnight” in her song, “My Strange Addiction.” Then we end with an “Office” quiz! Are you an “Office” superfan? Can you get all the questions right? Enjoy this very fun and special episode with Billie Eilish! Happy New Year!
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291: America's Grandmother is Done with Christmas Cards
#1909 - Stavros Halkias
Stavros Halkias is a stand-up comic and host of the new "Stavvy's World" podcast. His latest special, "Stavros Halkias: Live at the Lodge Room," is available on YouTube.
TOTALLY EXTRA: Cum Rags, a Dad Update & A Cancer Wig
It's time to get TOTALLY EXTRA. Extra chat, extra rants, extra bants, extra stories, nonsense and more.
On this week's Totally Extra: An update from Penny (pasta), a request for Luannimo on Gogglebox, more crying triggers, an annoying advert, your nan wearing your cum rag and an unfortunate cancer wig mishap.
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HIBT Lab! The Sorry Girls: Kelsey MacDermaid and Becky Wright
YouTubers Kelsey MacDermaid and Becky Wright – better known as The Sorry Girls – have always had an affinity for production. When they met as film students back in 2010, little did they know that the DIY videos they were creating for fun would eventually lead to full-fledged careers co-founding and leading their own media company. But building to where they are now, with over 2 million subscribers and counting, didn’t exactly come with a blueprint…
This week on How I Built This Lab, Kelsey and Becky talk to Guy about pursuing the uncharted territory of a YouTube career, their philosophies on navigating brand deals, and their take on growing a business in the creator economy without compromising on values.
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1: Max Balegde Plays 'Say It or Shot It', BAD S*x Stories & Rudest TikToker Revealed?!
They play 'Say It or Shot It' and Max reveals getting into the car's of strange men after nights out... And of course, Grace herself spills the beans on some of her worst nights at the infamous Pryzm Nottingham.
Max Balegde: https://www.tiktok.com/@max_balegde?lang=en
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6ooac2K6sWf8gjlNR85eg/featured
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GKBarry on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gkbarry?lang=en
S03 EP47: The one where Josh gets Covid...
Ta-Nehisi Coates - "My President Was Black"
Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates reflects on Barack Obama's presidency in The Atlantic's cover story "My President Was Black." Originally aired December 2016.
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133: What If He Changes For Someone Else?
It's one thing to leave the wrong person, but some people worry: "What if he becomes the RIGHT person for someone else? What if he changes and fixes his flaws and I missed out on the "better" version of him?
Matt and Steve talk about where this fear comes from and why it can be so dangerous to live worrying about someone's future potential.
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TOTALLY EXTRA: Asparagus up the Pooper, Walking on the Left and a Cheeky Forbidden Snog
It's time to get TOTALLY EXTRA. Extra chat, extra rants, extra bants, extra stories, nonsense and more.
On this week's Totally Extra: Gross snotters, a flower consultation faux pas, a variety of things up the bum-oley, why can't people just walk on the left and a pretty petty polly.
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