The document discusses the power of storytelling in pursuing success. It outlines finding crucible stories from one's background, goals, and life events; crafting stories with compelling openings and closings using rhetorical devices; and delivering stories with passion and strong body language after preparation. The presentation aims to teach how storytelling can effectively promote ideas and lessons learned from one's experiences.

1. Crucible Story Telling
The Power of Storytelling in the Pursuit of Success
Crucible Story Telling
The Power of Storytelling in the Pursuit of Success
Introduction
Today, you are your # 1 salesman and promoter. Whether as a leader or a follower,
you have to communicate to sell your ideas to others. By using storytelling, you can
captivate and elevate your ideas effectively. !
Part I Finding your Crucible Stories
1. Who are you? (What are your Goals)
In order to fully grasp who you are, you must take note of two things: where you
come from and where you are going in life. In the business world, your destination
is more fascinating than your origin.
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2. Think about major events (What events have shaped you so far)
When you think back to the events and incidents that were turning points, you can
learn some lessons from he “aha” or “euraka” moments. Very often in life, pain
clarifies, therefore pain fortifies.
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3. Learning from the Past (What did you take away?)
For every major event that has shaken you, there is a key lesson from it. Have you thought
about the lesson how you can share it with others? Defining moments give rise to
decisive visions; only for those who take the time to think and act.
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Present to a Military Group in
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2. About The Presenter
Gideon For-mukwai For-mukwai
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Part II Crafting your Stories
4. Compelling opening and Close
The human brain tends to remember what it said first and last. It is called the primacy
and recency effect. For this reason, craft your opening and close very carefully to gain
an optimum impact. Make your last drop, as good as the first.
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5. Rhetorical Devices (They add color, value and depth)
When you write, make every word to count. As far as possible, incorporate
metaphors, humor, antithesis, anaphora and call backs to give your story
a stronger appeal. These devices will sharpen and heighten your message and delivery.
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6. Start with the end in mind (Pay off)
Unless a story teaches a valuable lesson, it is worthless. Thus, start by thinking about
the take-away to the listener. All details should be aimed at supporting that lesson or
pay off. When the pay off is good, the story is remembered.
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Part III: Delivering your Stories
7. Beware of body language and tone
Although your voice is the vehicle of delivery, it has a very marginal effect on the
understanding of your message. Thus, pay close attention to your gestures, tone and
pitch. Gestures and tone; both speak louder than your voice.
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8. Deliver with passion
Your passion is very important. It breathes life into your story and your audience feeds
on that. A good presentation is a story steeped in passion, prose and
poetry. It is an art that takes a long time to hone. Thus, you can learn it.
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9. Preparation is key to success
Never let anybody to out-prepare you. When you are well prepared, this shows
through your composure. This means, you must have told your story to someone else
to their feedback, and to weed out any rough edges that may obscure your
message or the pay off.
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Crucible Story Telling
The Power of Storytelling in the Pursuit of Success

3. About The Presenter
Gideon For-mukwai For-mukwai
Gideon is an award-winning speaker with over a decade of international experience
from Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and North
America. He has presented training programmes to
executives from organisations such as Oracle, Siemens,
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Dell Computers, Shell Eastern
Petroleum, National University of Singapore, DBS
Bank, Gillette and more.
He is the founder of XtraMile Solutions, founded in
2004 in Singapore. It is dedicated training services
provider. XtraMile and its associates have directly trained over 15,550 professionals
and executives around the world.
Gideon ‘s forte lies in is his ability to communicate complex issues with simple practical
and metaphorical narratives that keep audiences engaged. He combines his journalistic
research know-how, compelling storytelling, and academic curiosity in finding and
sharing new ideas that participants worldwide.
He a former Senior Officer and Instructor with the Singapore Civil Defence Force
(SCDF), Gideon is a graduate from MA programme in Journalism from the Reynolds
School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno.
Crucible Story Telling
The Power of Storytelling in the Pursuit of Success
Notes
Behind every successful person, there is a story.
Behind every successful story, there is a a prepared professional.
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