March 4, 2009This Week in the World ~ juggling, stories and pushing people out of airplanes
Last week my husband and I took a juggling class, and we’ve been throwing balls at each other ever since. What a great new way to communicate.
Last week I also received a flood of support and orders for my new book, SpeakStrong. My keynote and training based on the book are becoming more popular with my audiences. Thanks to you all.
New stories / articles in a very different tone
I also had lunch with a friend who shared a story that got me started writing in a new style. I am so excited about the theme I almost can’t stand it. I have two new articles for you in this new style. Enjoy – and please share your impressions.
Fact and Fiction Separate Themselves
and a SpeakStrong rewrite of an Israeli folk tale:
The truth about Truth and a story about Story.
I want the characters in these stories to be gender-neutral, so I invented gender-neutral language. I’d like your feedback on that and on some alternative suggestions I received from readers. I explain the logic of my choices here. Please VOTE HERE.
Tell me what you think about the articles in comments. Thanks.
Nurture, nudge and sometimes shove – why the bold need SpeakStrong skills as much or more than the timid
I took up skydiving 35 years ago. My first jump scared me so much that I clenched the strut and screamed to the instructor that I had changed my mind. She pried my fingers from the bar and shoved me away from the plane. I was too preoccupied with my plunge to be stunned …
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Great story – it reminds me of me – I am Truth and I really do have a friend I’d name Fiction. It helped me think about how to deal with his fudging in a lighter way, but without compromising the truth when it matters. However, I found that in 3-4 paragraphs, I started replacing the shre/shrim, etc. with he/him, etc. Shrim just sounds too much like shrimp! ha! But maybe given time, i could get used to it, I don’t know.
Comment by katie — March 5, 2009 @ 12:19 am