May 2011

Episode 48 : Cost of a Life – Story

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:49 — 30.3MB) Tweet What is the cost and the benefit of recording a Life Story Value, cost and worth are all interesting terms. Most of the time we associate them with the financial cost of something but when we’re talking of a Life Story it’s important [...]

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Episode 47 : Overcoming the Underwhelm

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:56 — 49.7MB) Tweet The excuses driven by underwhelmed motivation You know that capturing a Life Story in some form is a great idea and maybe even occasionally at 2:30am you have had a little panic attack knowing that you need to get underway, NOW! …But then [...]

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7 Ways to Screw Up an Interview

Tweet Don’t screw up and you’ll be better than most You’ve been there haven’t you? Maybe it’s a formal or a general conversation where everything starts well. Everyone is getting on just fine and then somehow it starts to unravel because you drop the bundle. You went in with the best of intentions but you [...]

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Episode 46 : Why You Can’t Afford to Not Use a Blog

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:54 — 30.4MB) Tweet A life story for your family and the world So you want to produce a life story of someone… Maybe your own story, maybe someone else. And you want to record this life story because there is some information that you feel is [...]

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The Power of Voice

Tweet The voice screams of emotion, text only whimpers. A biography is always more powerful when heard directly using the voice, rather than just the printed words when telling a story of your life. This is particularly important when it comes to events that are significant and poignant. Maybe it is possible for a skilled [...]

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Episode 45 : A Biography is not a Book

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:14 — 36.4MB) Tweet Your Life Story can be anything you want. Your auto/biography is only relevant if it’s captured and if it’s consumed by others. So the best system is the one that people are most comfortable with using to create and share your Life Story. [...]

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Episode 44 : Say More with Nothing

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Tweet Pause to create the space and rhythm of a conversation One of the things that always comes up when you decide to Create Your Life Story is how to deal with the breaks in conversation or the pauses. Sometimes pauses get in the way but often [...]

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I Screwed Up Despite Best Efforts

Tweet …But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy! I Screwed Up Create Your Life Story is all about the importance of communicating to each other, to share [...]