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"Make others come up with your idea. / The next time you struggle with getting people on board with your projects and ideas, simply tell them a story, where the
by justjimmy 14y ago
"Make others come up with your idea. / The next time you struggle with getting people on board with your projects and ideas, simply tell them a story, where the outcome is that doing what you had in mind, is the best thing to do."
Sounds like Inception!
- rheide 14y agoI have a friend who does this to me occasionally. It pisses me off. Just get to the point, man! ;) When you know the magic trick, and when you can see the motivation while the story is being told, it's a lot less impressive.
- pycassa 14y agowell, story telling has its place and timing. If all he does is telling stories people. It becomes annoying, unless he is really good at it.
- eungyu 14y agoIndeed! Better quote from the article would be: storytelling is the only way to plant ideas into other people’s minds. This is way easier than recursively going into someone's dream, only to meet your ex-wife as base condition.