But in this challenging time, there exist an opportunity. With this in mind I was just exploring myself how I can engage myself with new skills. The best way I can find to engage with learning through digital world crossing all the boundaries of time & physical presence. So with this exploration I got an update from my younger brother, Neeraj to listen to a webinar on story telling. Being a toastmaster I know the importance of story telling and aroused interest in me. So I immediately registered and listened to it. Speaker, Lavanya Prasad was no exception but a true story teller based on her own experience. She started with asking everyone to write about yourself and tell in 30 seconds. After sometime few of them was asked to tell about themselves. Most of them talked about as an individual reflecting a successful indentity. But what she mentioned something which really struck me. She said that one has to introduce himself or herself with a touch of failure in your life. This may create more curiosity for others to know about your story and connect to others immediately. More of time, people introduce himself or herself by mentioning the success story and this may not give a reason to craft a story. So we need to develop the habit for crafting a story by rewinding ourselves the moment we failed and how we come out from our failure.
Other aspect of story telling is power of words. She shared one video that was quiet interesting. The video shows that a blind beggar was sitting side of busy street. He mentioned in cardboard " I am blind please help me". He was getting money from people from passer by. One day one lady came to him and took out out card baord and wrote something at back of card board and displayed it. From that day everything was changed for blind beggar. Many more people started giving money generously. After few days that lady who wrote came to him and saw that he was getting more money. She was quiet happy and contented. She wrote on card board ' the day is beautiful but I can't see it, please help". With change of words more people started feeling the emotions of a blind beggar and generously started giving money to him.
In same way in our day to day work while interacting with friends, family, collegues, supporting staffs, driver, shopkeepers etc. the words come out from mouth play a significant role in our life. The words can take our life up and down and twist & turn. Words can make us or break us. We need to choose the words diligently and pass on to others that can make others feel great and make the environment pleasant. The spoken words can be like a music to ears uplifting mood and elevating the desire to connect. This is a Power of Words. Let's practice it.
~K.K
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