Fact vs. Story - The Most Fundamental Concept in Conscious Leadership
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As a leader, you use your storytelling abilities to inspire and motivate. But to create lasting change, use the language of facts to speak unarguably.
In this week’s episode, explore the fundamental invitation of conscious leadership, which is to understand the difference between a fact and a story. This episode will provide you with the framework to begin to notice whether you’re expressing yourself in the language of facts or stories. Understanding the key differences between facts and stories gives you the knowledge necessary to begin to consciously communicate.
Throughout this episode, learn about externally and internally-based facts, then explore what a story is and why certain stories prevent progress and growth. Facts and your stories both matter. When you can clearly define facts and stories and use this framework to communicate with intention, you lead consciously.
Highlights
6:11 - What is a story?
8:11 - What is the difference between a fact and a story?
10:38 - What are the 3 types of inner facts you can observe?
11:48 - Learn how to describe your emotions in an unarguable way.
21:40 - Why understanding facts and stories are key to conscious leadership
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Chapters
1. Fact vs. Story - The Most Fundamental Concept in Conscious Leadership (00:00:00)
2. What is a story? (00:06:11)
3. What is the difference between a fact and a story? There are two different categories of facts. Facts you can attain from your external senses, such as sight, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling. The second category are internal facts. (00:08:11)
4. There are 3 types of inner facts you can observe. The first is body sensations. The second are emotions. The third category are thoughts. (00:10:38)
5. How can we describe our emotions in an unarguable way? It is useful to focus on a model that uses 5 basic emotions. These are joy, fear, sadness, anger, and desire. (00:11:48)
6. As a leader your stories matter and are important to share. So labeling them and being aware that stories are not facts is a key to Conscious Leadership. (00:21:40)
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