You stumble into a job at IBM. You climb the corporate ladder. All the while, something is calling you from within. "I'm an artist." "It...
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Story Warriors #012:
Don’t Think Standup Comedy Can Be Painful? Ask Mel Kelly.
Mel Kelly is a glutton for punishment. The transplanted Irishman was killin' it with his standup comedy acts in Munich, Germany. Then he took his...
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Patrick Ney, Finding Poland’s Heroes Past & Present
"Life is so simple when you're on your deathbed," says Patrick Ney. After surviving a traumatic blow to the head on the streets of Warsaw, the...
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Geoff Livingston’s Search For His True Voice
"I was passionate when I was a pioneer, about authenticity, about transparency, about having real conversations and talking about things that...
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The Beatles 2.0, Character-Driven Stories & Why “Blackbird” Matters
One morning in 1965, John walked into the recording studio at Abbey Road and had a confession to make to Paul. What happened after that was a...
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Sarah Khan Had To Take A Chance. Now She Wants You To
Islamophobia in America drove to Sarah Khan to white-ophobia. The Muslim American became so afraid of white people that the mother of two...
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Josep’s Trip to Heaven and Hell and Back, COVID-19
"When the doctor came into the emergency room dressed like an astronaut, that's when it became clear. I had COVID-19." It got worse from there....
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Singer-Songwriter Ajay Mathur on The Creative Process – Opening The Door For The Muse
When it comes to your creativity, is success the driver? Ajay Mathur's pursuit of success got him into a lot of trouble. It also thwarted his...
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Sebastián Lora Is Killin’ It On YouTube, But He’s Not a Gangster
Would you tell a better story if you were staring into the gun of a gangster? Sebastián Lora has a couple of gangster stories that sure are...
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Up Close With Chris Brogan:
“My Monster Has About 18 Billion Faces”
"Leaders are always told they should be using stories as part of their business," says thought leader and marketing advisor, Chris Brogan. "Every...
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