Sentences with phrase «telling people my story»

When I told people my story, I frequently heard, «you need to write a book.»

We don't launch into telling people our story before we've given them a chance to tell us their own.

Coss shrugs again, then up - nods at the reporter and says, «Sometimes I don't like telling people my story, because they discriminate.»

The first year, I sent out letters telling people my story and asking for small donations.

But I never told people those stories.

I would tell people stories from the set and they would say, «There's no way that happened!»

That is where I come in — to be their communicator, to tell people a story.

As you're telling people your story, like any good story there are different versions of the story.

Josie Beets: What we found, Sam, is that when we tell people our story and when we explain, «My spouse doesn't get to choose where he goes.

«When you create great content, you're telling people the story of what it's like to work with you.

Not exact matches

«There's an opportunity to tell more stories, because that's what really moves people, within photography, and we really want to go into the depths of that when it comes to people of color,» Kissi says.

Rambling Another way that people squander their influence, says Morgan, is by not telling good stories.

While shiny objects may unlock engagement, customer loyalty comes from how a product or company makes a person feel and the story it tells them about themselves.

We tell stories for, about, and by people who seize life.

How to Develop a Video Series to Authentically Tell the Story of Your Business (and More Importantly, Your People)

«They'd rather have videos of people telling stories about their loved one than maybe a priest just sort of reading just out loud,» he said.

You can tell the person sitting in front of you is an ace interviewer (a good thing, no doubt) because of his or her flawless performance, but you get the distinct impression that this isn't the whole story.

Of course, it's a classic bit of political opportunism, and gives the PM a well - timed «I'm a man of the people» story to tell: instead of hobnobbing with the elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos or decamping to Washington for the inauguration of Donald Trump, he's chatting with Jacques and Jane Canuck.

Many nonprofits are created from a story of change, growth or pain and telling that story compels people to give their time and / or money to the cause.

When people act in conflict with their values, many suppress and deny the conflict, telling themselves stories.

His status as a mere witness is all the more reason to go in prepared through legal counsel — «even if you're telling a story about ice cream, because these are some of the most irresponsible people on earth,» he said, referring to Congress.

«Yesterday, seeing Sonny Boy for the first time in 20 years, it was incredibly overwhelming, and I went to bed last night, just thinking to myself, that often we tell the story that in the last 30 years (that) extreme poverty has halved, but in some ways, I think that masks the present reality of suffering for so many people living in extreme poverty.

Live events will also increasingly become important; they're places where fans can gather in person, as if huddling around a campfire to tell stories.

And we told real savings stories of real people.

But to do it in a purposeful and fun way that still created brand engagement but it ultimately drove to conversion — because we drove a million and a half people to our site and we were able to tell deeper product stories and get them to think about our brand in a very different way.

Successful people often enjoy telling their story.

There's one I use that promotes my mission, which is «helping people and business tell stories in ways that lead to bigger, better things.»

Levy actually plays with the way he tells stories and introduces himself either in person or over email to see how people react, and then adjusts accordingly.

Photos catch people's eye and help tell stories.

Also, people enjoy telling their story.

«I think all the stories about replacing General Kelly are from people who are unhappy they've lost access to the president,» Mulvaney told Chris Wallace on «Fox News Sunday.»

«Making new memories» such as I just told that story «is one of the things that goes when people get older, and is a sign of neurological impairment,» Michaelis said.

I am sorry that I will not be traveling to your cities to tell you my stories in person,» he says.

Nick Morgan, author of How to Tell Great Business Stories, said «in a world where people have a lot of choices, the story may be the deciding factor.»

[Hahn's] interested in the little movements of the people who are underneath, of the slaves whose stories haven't been told.

The story of another start - up also included in the July issue, JB Sweeping in Houma, Louisiana, was told in the form of a first person account.

Wojcicki tells this story to explain something most people don't typically grasp.

They'd like to feel they know the artisan that did the handiwork, and they like brands that tell stories about people.

But McDonald's needs to tell that story to people who don't blindly accept it.»

People constantly rewrite the stories they tell themselves about themselves, making recall an unreliable tool for improvement,»

Build a media presence of some kind: tell stories about the people who are using your services through a blog at least.

And we and our partners will keep working our way through the tips in our database, telling people's stories and doing our best to understand what's happening.

«Being the boss» daughter has both unique challenges and opportunities as well, and I think sometimes you can believe false stories when the wrong people or negative people get in your ear,» McMahon told CNBC.

But something funny happened: years later, most people only remembered the stories I told — often times, in vivid detail.

Also, when you spend a lot of time with people you tend to notice patterns in how they tell stories and what was reassuring to us was to hear a source tell the same story the same way months later, as opposed to the facts always changing.

Together, we're verifying the incidents that have been reported to us — and telling people's stories.

There was a real consistency to stories, so that told us we were getting an honest reflection from people the overwhelming majority of the time.

We've also asked people to tell us their personal stories of witnessing or being the victim of hate.

In fact, when people talk informally, 65 percent of the time they are telling stories, according to research by evolutionary biologist Robin Dunbar.

«I'm focused on telling the story of Twitter, to deepen engagement for people already using Twitter, and for people not using Twitter today,» she said.