Business careers are built on taking chances and standing up to be counted. How often have you thought about getting the next job but failed to take the plunge. Take a leaf out of the Simon Cowell’s story book. Pop Idol, XFactor and Britain’s Got Talent has build a multinational business and launched hugely successful careers for some. But for the hundreds of thousands of wanabee contestants they stand up on their own and prove a point.
So why don’t we all believe a little more in ourselves? You might not be a budding singer but you have talent. Have a look at some of the clips below and think how many times these people thought about not standing up and searching for chance.
These two videos are a reminder that if you search hard and strive to unleash the authentic you who knows what might happen. Share the links and make some people you know think what they can do.
Its worth noting that these shows have build a great bran buy repeated telling the classic story line of Pauper and Prince. An ordinary person confronts a fear finds a hidden talent which is perfected over several trials. At the final showdown the Pauper is triumphant and reveals himself as a prince. If it sounds like Star Wars…. that’s because it is. More on Achetypes and branding in a seperate post.
So XFactor you life tomorrow.
Mark
Mark
I like your blogspace…I just wanted to share the fact that the Paul Potts video, we have used it in several large team meetings and off-sites to great effect. The use of storytelling is extremely powerful and people also find that they are able to identify with the story lines and transfer and transpose them into their own experiences.
Dave
Mark
Dave
Thanks for the comments on the site. I agree with your comments on storytelling and think its under utilised in Health care. Now im back from vaccation I’ll be writting some more thoughts down. I you have people also interested in this or that have examples where its helped communicion of complicated facts in a simple digestable way please encourage them to tell their “story”.
Also see some of the polls on my linked in page- ill add them here when I get better at polldaddy!
Mark