Stories are how we whittle meaning out of life.

The stories we tell ourselves about what happened are particularly important.

Once, many centuries ago, there were three workers building a cathedral in a small town. A man walked past and asked each of them, ‘what are you busy doing?’

The hero at the end of the story is either,

At the end of the story the hero changes. She becomes someone better, or reunites with someone, or discovers she had what she wanted all along (ruby slippers anyone?).

The big difference between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom is the ability to organise and collaborate.  

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Don’t show me your mission statement, show me your story.’ A friend of mine,

Here are three questions that will send you on a quest. These three questions are the basic questions that frame every story and they will help you get clarity and plot a course in life and work.

The author of ‘Wild’ , Cheryl Strayed, says that a story basically has three parts: