Philipp Humm — Give me 9min, and I’ll improve your storytelling skills by 176%
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🧠 Give me 9min, and I’ll improve your storytelling skills by 176%
🎁 I built a free 5-day storytelling course. 10 minutes a day. Real exercises. Big results! → https://storylab.co/free-storytelling-course
⭕️ Most people try to improve communication by consuming more content. A small group actually trains it. I run a small training group called Inner Circle where we practice communication live every week, so you become clearer, more engaging, and more confident when it matters. If you feel ready to go beyond learning and start practicing, you can apply here: 👉 https://storylab.co/innercircle/
❤️ Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philipp_humm/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipphumm/ Website: https://storylab.co/
📚My Books: Storytelling for Business: https://storylab.co/storytelling-for-business/ The StorySelling Method: https://storylab.co/the-storyselling-method/ Public Speaking with Confidence: https://storylab.co/public-speaking-with-confidence/
🙋🏻♂️ Who am I: I’m Philipp, a storytelling coach, TEDx speaker, and 3x bestselling author. I help people around the world build the communication skills to live happier and more meaningful lives. Outside of work, you’ll find me sharing my stories at open mic nights in Amsterdam, spinning around the dance floor at Brazilian Zouk parties, or trying to calm my monkey mind through hours of meditation.
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hey there storytelling is one of the most powerful tools to hook your listeners and keep them glued to every word you say but hey a lot of the advice that is out there make it sound way too complicated but the truth is storytelling is actually pretty simple if you know what really matters if you just give me 9 Minutes you’ll discover the five storytelling techniques to tell insanely good stories but before we do that let me show you a quick example by John Kinski whom you might know from the office it’s a 20 second story so really short but it’s so powerful by the end of today you’ll know exactly how to tell stories just like him and then I said yeah and he said says uh who are you visiting here I said my wife and he says is she an actress I said yeah he said would I know her I I don’t know man her name’s Emily Blunt he goes he goes you and I went yeah and he goes you you married Emily Blunt now I go yeah and he goes this okay go did you notice what he did there he didn’t just summarize the events he didn’t say oh yeah back then I was at customs and the agent asked me what I was doing and I responded I was an actor and he was very surprised he doesn’t do that he doesn’t summarize the events instead he zoomed into the moment of the story the best stories don’t just summarize events they don’t stay at that helicopter level they zoom into the moment they take us into the trenches they let us be part of that physical moment the good thing is it’s not that difficult I’m now going to show you five techniques that you you can use in all of your stories first technique location say where you are the best stories start by stating the location where are you physically examples 2 weeks ago I’m sitting on my couch in my living room taking a deep breath or September 2019 I’m standing in front of the conference room ready to walk inside now why does it matter to State the location because the moment you say conference room or living room your audience will start to visualize it they’re like o yes I I know a conference room and they start to visualize their version of that conference room now beginner storytellers they often do the mistake that they give too many details they’re like oh in that conference room there was a big table a television and a wooden floor don’t do that don’t do that it doesn’t matter just stay the location as long as they can visualize it it doesn’t matter all the details they have their own version of that location second technique actions what are you doing in that specific moment of the story instead of giving way too much context about all the random stuff that doesn’t matter just say what are you doing in that specific moment that can be walking biking shouting reading waiting whatever it is just State the actions State the verbs examples I’m in my office I open my laptop and start reading a message by my manager or 2 weeks ago I’m at the airport waiting and lineing at security now why does it matter to State the actions because it brings in forward momentum it takes the listener right into the moment when you do that your audience will immediately know that you won’t waste their time you’re straight away taking them into the most important part of the story third technique thoughts what are you thinking we as humans have thousands and thousands of thoughts every single day a lot of those thoughts are hopes dreams plans fears worries crazy thoughts now share some of those thoughts of that crucial moment of the story example instead of saying I was excited to meet my crush say I thought ah this will be so cool right finally I can see her after all that time or instead of saying I was very disappointed about that presentation say I thought oh man this is bad right everyone will think now I’m stupid I can never go back there do you see the difference it’s a tiny tweak but it makes any story more interesting but hey a common mistake is that people share thoughts that sound too professional too intellectual they say
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