Should I Record My Life Story?

Your life story is who you are in the times you live as a biography of the culture as you saw it. Is that enough of a reason to record your life story?

Episode 62 : Fear of Your Life Story

2 November 2011
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Are you fearful of telling your story, or just a little shy? In this episode of Create Your Life Story I want to open a conversation about the reasons for people not wanting to tell their stories, particularly when they say that they are interested. In recording conversations for Your Story, I’ve noticed several, sometimes contradictory reasons why people avoid [...]

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Recording Your Life Story for all History

26 October 2011

The everyday stories of human history are being recorded today. One of the greatest history shows I know of, be it television, radio, text or new media is the extraordinary Dan Carlin’s Hard Core History. If you want to go deep, not just into the facts but start thinking of some of the other issues of [...]

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Who’s Life Story do You Wish you’d Recorded?

26 October 2011

Everyone has missed some stories. It doesn’t matter who I mention Create Your Life Story to, but everyone; Everyone!!! says that there is someone from their life who they didn’t happen to get that information, that story, that understanding, of what their life was all about… and how they wished they had Then in the [...]

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Reporting Your Family Story

19 October 2011

Look at your life, like a journalist would. Have you thought about approaching your own life and therefore, your families story as a journalist would? In a recent post on CNN Mark Whitaker suggested some great ideas to help you dig deeper into your family, using some of the skills that he’s gained in 35 [...]

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I’ve Been Meaning to… Oh! Too Late.

6 October 2011

Is recording a Life Story something that you have written on your white board? Nicked from Crikey.com

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Stunning Memorial to a Fragile Life

8 September 2011

You just have to listen to this! Sometimes it’s not about someone telling their story – but of us telling the story, of what they meant to us. Sometimes we just need to get our thoughts out there and in doing so we manage to capture an essence of who they are/were. Kevin Farkas from the Social [...]

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Your Digital Footprints are How You’ll be Remembered

9 August 2011

What are you going to leave behind? As happens I was following Derek K Miller, the science and technology journalist mentioned on this video and thought about many of the points that are mentioned here by Adam during Derek’s illness. It got me thinking about all the digital data that we’re now producing, that can [...]

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Episode 55 : 3 Steps to the Stories of Your Philosophy on Life

3 August 2011
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One sentence to sum up your philosophy on life Push, pull… Fight, kick and scratch or just let it be and do as you like, or not! How do you do this thing called your life? If you’ve had the good fortune to raise children you’ll sometimes find yourself sharing your beliefs on life. What [...]

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What You Want for Your Life Story

17 June 2011

What do you want…? Amongst these pages is much of the content you want, but what else do you need? I have a limited understanding of your desires based on my knowledge but it’s important that I know from YOU what you want to ensure that I give you what you need. This short survey [...]

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5 Major Regrets of People’s Lives

6 June 2011

If it all ended now, what would you regret? In early 2007 I knew that I had to make a decision, to dive off the cliff into deep water, not knowing what may come of it, or continue on my merry way doing what I had been doing for the last decade. When I wrote [...]

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Episode 48 : Cost of a Life – Story

30 May 2011
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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 to consider the emotional and physical effort along with any financial cost. [...]

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Episode 47 : Overcoming the Underwhelm

24 May 2011
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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 the moment passes and, well, you just feel a little underwhelmed again. [...]

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7 Ways to Screw Up an Interview

20 May 2011

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 did [...]

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Episode 45 : A Biography is not a Book

10 May 2011
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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. A biography is an account of someones life written by someone else. [...]

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Life Isn’t Always as it Seems

9 May 2011

One of the great things about recording a Life Story is having the chance to mention what really happened. Many times, particular events will have occurred that people will see differently from you. While sitting down to record the many hours that is your Life Story there will be opportunities to clarify why something happened. [...]

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Episode 42 : Unexpected Surprises from Creating a Life Story

26 April 2011
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You’ll never know what surprises there are until you Create Your Life Story! Here on Create Your Life Story I’m constantly wanting to motivate you to start on your personal Life Story project but I know that there can be several issues with getting underway and we’re all working to resolves those points. What you [...]

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