Consider this truism: If you don’t know where you’re going, any path will take you there. Well, our modern reliance on GPS and other internet mapping resources have highlighted something that should be equally obvious. If you don’t know where you are, then it is impossible to map a path to somewhere specific.

Think about it. No on-line map can give you directions unless you know where you are. We understand this, don’t we? Then why do so many of us plan our future and our goals without first being clear on where we are today?

Maybe because we have no easy way to describe where we are. Try this – tell your story.

Here’s why it works. To tell it, you must organize your thoughts. In telling it, you will remember what you have already achieved. Best of all, you will realize that you are still writing it, that you are creating your destination today.

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It’s the festive season again, the best time to practice your story telling. Let me reword that. It is the best time to practice telling your story.

Here are my four reasons why telling your story matters. To tell your story, you must first organize your thoughts. In telling it, you will remember what you have already achieved. As you listen to yourself, you will realize how resilient you are. Best of all, telling your story reminds you that you are still writing it.

Telling your story is easy. Why? Because you already tell your story every day. You tell customers why they should do business with you. You tell employees why what they do matters. You tell suppliers what your needs are. You tell stories to your bank, your accountant, your investors, your shareholders and so on.

So, all I’m really suggesting is that you get better at it. It is time to craft and tell a better story.

I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork dot com

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