Tell a story..

Do you love to listen to a story?Most people do.Lately, some management gurus are promoting the usage of story telling in corporate and business environments.About six years ago ,I wrote this note.Please read it to give you the background and the power of the stories either in selling your products,services or ideas.There are a lot of stories in the Holy Qur'an so that we muslims can take some lessons from the past.

Two years ago I took up cycling and blogged about it here.To my pleasant suprises,a few people who have hung their bicycles are  going back to cycling after they read my stories.I did not talk about the mechanics of cycling but more about the joys and fun I had with my friends and some benefits I gained from cycling.Similarly ,it went the same way with my 'walking stories'.They are nothing great, but these short notes touched some peoples' hearts out there.

Personally,I love to read story books and watch movies.These are all stories in different media.

Fast backwards to my childhood days,I loved to listen to my grandma who was a great story teller.Now,I realised that our old folks were using them to convey good messages/lessons in some entertaining ways.

That is the power of the the story!

Comments

[Azizi]

Abedib

I remember when I was small my Mak Uteh used to tell us stories from a very thick, green covered book. It was the Hikayat Hang Tuah. My brothers and I used to listen with jaws dropped in fascination to stories of the five heroes.

[Adib]

Azizi,
It was great then!
My question :

Do we time to tell stories to our kids nowadays?

[Marja]

Reading books (=stories) is really a great way to escape from this sometimes very distressing world. And how great stories there are available. Recently I've been reading Tom Neale's An Island to Oneself, dreaming that if only I could do what he did but knowing I have not those skills to survive without food shops. Anyway I'm happy he did it and even wrote a book for us to read about his experiences of living on a remote island.
When I'm babysitting my nieces and nephews, we use to read fairy-tales in the evening. That is, I read and the kids try to be as near me and the book as possible to see the illustration of the book. A very nice way to end the day: feeling safe sitting close to your siblings and listening to a good story.

[Adib]

Thanks for your kind feedback Marja:-)
Nowadays,stories are being told via blogs,facebooks and twitters.Slowly and surely we will lose the arts and enjoyments from traditional story telling like the yesteryears...

[Anita]

Stories are indeed powerful no matter if you're a company, parent, or just talking to a friend. Some stories are powerful in the wrong way...they put you to sleep zzzzz.

Others are powerful in a good way and inspire you to great heights as a person. I think in many ways we are all remembered by our stories :)