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Stories are how we understand human experience and make sense of what can sometimes be senseless events. Stories provide coherent frameworks for expressing values and...
- The Story of Life. Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become.
- An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose. The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.
- The Starfish Story. An old man walked across the beach until he came across a young boy throwing something into the breaking waves. Upon closer inspection, the old man could see that the boy was tossing stranded starfish from the sandy beach, back into the ocean.
- The Seasons of Life. There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.
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- The story of the Chinese farmer and the horse. Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbours came around to commiserate.
- The story of the king and the ring. Once upon a time there was a king who said this to the members of his kingdom: "I have bought one of the most beautiful diamonds in the world and I want to hide a message in the ring which I intend to pass on to my successors after my rule.
- The elephant and the rope story. A gentleman was walking through an elephant camp, and he spotted that the elephants weren’t being kept in cages or held by the use of chains.
Nov 25, 2018 · Posted November 25, 2018. Source: Unsplash. Whether or not we are truly inventors of our own lives, we certainly are inventors of the story of our lives. For some, this story is clear and in the...
Feb 19, 2024 · Be the Hero of Your Story - Knowledge at Wharton. Knowledge at Wharton Podcast. Want to Live a Meaningful Life? Be the Hero of Your Story. February 19, 2024 • 14 min listen. Wharton’s Jonah Berger explains how people can find meaning and resilience by making themselves the hero of their own story. Marketing. Featured Faculty. Jonah Berger.
Aug 10, 2015 · In the realm of narrative psychology, a person’s life story is not a Wikipedia biography of the facts and events of a life, but rather the way a person integrates those facts and...
Jan 20, 2017 · The Four Keys to a Meaningful Life. A new book explores how writers, philosophers, and everyday people think about pursuing meaning in life. By Jill Suttie | January 20, 2017. Could pursuing meaning be the path to true happiness?
