{"id":505,"date":"2018-05-31T02:24:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T02:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zanavu.com\/blog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2018-05-31T02:24:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T02:24:41","slug":"stories-make-our-world-a-better-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zanavu.com\/notes\/2018\/05\/31\/stories-make-our-world-a-better-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories make our world a better place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the recent years, I had been reading stories for my kids. This way I had the opportunity to reconnect with many stories as well as read many new ones.<\/p>\n<p>About 5 years back I was introduced to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Campbell\">Joseph Campbell&#8217;s<\/a> great book: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces\">The Hero with a Thousand Faces <\/a>\u00a0And recently a couple of film school professors suggested that I read Chris Vogler&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Writer%27s_Journey:_Mythic_Structure_for_Writers\">The Writer&#8217;s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Together these books have inspired me to appreciate stories more.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stories create dreams. Stories connect us. Stories excite us. Stories entertain us. Stories keep us awake. Stories help us sleep peacefully. Stories make our world a better place.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stories are natural to convey ideas. Stories are natural to learn from. Stories educate us and calm us down. In a society deprived of stories, individuals might lack creativity and cram a lot. Stories can act as a lubricant to inform, educate, and engage all of us.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Over the past few years, I practice telling stories as part of business and technical presentations as appropriate. Here are additional works that have inspired the importance of storytelling<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The importance of Storytelling, TedX talk by Emmanuel Dzotsi, March 2015, <a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_AbM9vH2pHk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_AbM9vH2pHk<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Importance of Storytelling &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-is-storytelling-important-What-would-you-say-to-inspire-provoke-or-dissuade-young-storytellers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-is-storytelling-important-What-would-you-say-to-inspire-provoke-or-dissuade-young-storytellers<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Science of Storytelling, Forbes, March 2012, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/stevedenning\/2012\/03\/09\/the-science-of-storytelling\/#74c7f262d8a6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/stevedenning\/2012\/03\/09\/the-science-of-storytelling\/#74c7f262d8a6<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The importance of storytelling in creative work, Nov 2017, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/test-case\/201711\/the-importance-storytelling-in-creative-work\">https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/test-case\/201711\/the-importance-storytelling-in-creative-work<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More stories ahead for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the recent years, I had been reading stories for my kids. 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