045: Tim Meuchel on Why Sharing Your Story is So Important

Why is sharing your story so important?

In this episode Tim Meuchel explains the why, what, and how of sharing your story.

In this episode of The 10 Factor find out:

1. Why your story is important
2. Basic questions to ask yourself
3. How to gut check and test your story
4. The parts of a good story
5. What to do with your story

The Hero’s Journey – Phrase coined by Joseph Campbell

1. Ordinary World – The Comfort Zone
2. Call to Adventure – Protect Family, etc.
3. Refusal – Feel the call but need to overcome fears and second thoughts
4. Meeting the mentor – This is the turning point
5. Starts taking action – Commit to going all-in
6. Tests, allies, enemies – Need to find out who can be trusted and who can’t
7. Approach to the Inmost Cave – Terrible danger or inner conflict to overcome
8. Ordeal – Dangerous physical test or deep inner conflict to overcome
9. Reward – Seizing the sword
10. The Road Back - Returning home w/ reward and might need one last push. It’s now greater than just the hero and for a bigger cause.
11. Resurrection – Climax when  hero must have final and most dangerous encounter (death, etc.)
12. Return with Elixir – Final stage when returns home to ordinary world (changed man/woman).
13. If you throw in a Love Story, you’ve got the makings of the next Hollywood Blockbuster

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