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The Most Fundamental Concept in Conscious Leadership — Fact vs. Story
Are you a Storyteller? Fact vs. Story
Do you realize how often you tell stories?
You are an experienced storyteller and might not even know it.
Even if you’re not the type of person who can tell an enthralling tale over dinner and drinks, you tell notable stories to yourself all the time.
Stories aren’t simply a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end. Stories are your perspective and experience.
Stories are the source of a lot of drama. You create the stories and you create the drama.
Not all stories lead to suffering but all suffering does stem from a story. When your stories define you, they trap you — often in the drama triangle.
One of the most fundamental practices of Conscious Leadership is to learn to notice what is fact vs. what is a story and to look for alternative stories. This concept is one of the first things I teach when I begin working with CEOs, founders, and executive teams.
Learning to recognize the distinction between story and fact gives you access to seeing the world in a completely different way. This framework helps you recognize more opportunities to break out of your own patterns and support…
