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Welcome to the fifteenth edition of '3-2-1 by Story Rules'.
A newsletter recommending good examples of storytelling across:
Let's dive in.
Good advice for the young - I don't think I'd be able to do what I do today had it not been for several night-outs during my consulting years!
A lot of useful tips - but what blew my mind was the 50th reading!
An excellent framework for how to argue with someone.
βa. Steve Martin on finding your authentic voice - podcast with Adam Grantβ
In this engaging interview, Adam Grant speaks with the famed comic Steve Martin (seen latest in the hilarious 'Only Murders in the Building') and his writing collaborator, Adam Gopnik.
This extract was fascinating to me about how elite performers approach their craft, especially when it involves repetitive work:
Or this one where Steve talks through his career transitions and Adam Grant is reminded of a wise observation:
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βb. Curate your content diet by Ramanand Janardhananβ
Ramanand gives some sage advice on not letting the 24-7 news cycle impact our reading. There's a ton of timeless wisdom out there and Choose to Thinq does a great job of curating good content.
Some self-promotion here - this is my first detailed podcast interview on the topic of storytelling. The episode is a good resource if you want to know my story and my thoughts about the craft of storytelling. Swami's curiosity and comprehensive questions enabled me to go into a fair amount of detail on the topic. Here are some of the themes/questions that we cover during the conversation:
I hope you enjoy the conversation.
That's all from this week's edition.
βRavi
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