an instinct for stories

 

"Those who tell the stories rule the world." --Hopi American Indian proverb

The power of stories can help you connect, motivate, inspire and persuade. Human beings have been hardwired for stories. We have an instinct, it would seem, for stories. This theory has actually been backed by science. 

Modern scientific research has now concluded that the human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor. Stories were how our early ancestors navigated the dangerous world around them. Through stories, we evolved and thrived. While our species has changed quite a bit over the last several hundred thousand years, one thing hasn’t really changed: our absolute need and desire for stories.

LaQuita Cleare

"Hollywood Storytelling Secrets That Will Make You a More Inspiring Leader," Entrepreneur. December 30, 2020

their obvious delight

 

The thing I remember best about successful people I've met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they're doing... and it seems to have very little to do with worldly success. They just love what they're doing, and they love it in front of others. 

Fred Rodgers

The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books. 2003. P.42

the leader must become a servant

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant.

Max De Pree

Leadership Is an Art by Max De Pree. Crown Publisher. June 22, 2011. As quoted in "The Neuroscience of Trust: Management behaviors that foster employee engagement," by Paul J. Zak. Harvard Business Review. January-February 2017. 

patience

Patience will achieve more than force. 

Edmund Burke

eliminate the unnecessary

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

Hans Hofmann

As quoted in "How to simplify your presentation without dumbing it down," by Olivia Mitchell. speakingaboutpresenting.com. Accessed on April 30, 2021