I often tell people that I have the best job in the world because stories have the ability to inspire and change people’s lives. That’s the power of storytelling. But there can be a dark side to storytelling, too. Those stories we tell ourselves that keep us from being who we really want to be or doing what we truly want to do. Case in point. I was five days out from doing my new talk for the first time, and I was having a moment of doubt—my stomach knotting up a bit. Would what I have to say resonate with people? Would my ideas and stories be compelling enough? Suddenly, I dashed off an email to a total of twenty friends, neighbors, and colleagues—just people I thought of off the top of my head in that moment: “I need your input. I’m tweaking a talk I’m doing called “The Most Important Story You Will Ever Tell Is The Story You Tell Yourself.” Would you be able to share some of … [continue reading...] about The Most Important Story You Will Ever Tell