Welcome to Power of a Story! As I write this inaugural blog post I am sitting in a hotel in Trosa, Sweden. Earlier today I was in a room full of people speaking Swedish, and only knowing one language, I didn’t understand a word.
As I looked around, I started to wonder about each person’s story and started to talk to a few people (in English of course!). The guy who showed up late to the meeting because he is highly-ranked in the Swedish military and had duties there first; the girl who grew up in Stockholm where school was never canceled for snow fall, only when the temperatures fell below -30 degrees Celsius (that’s -22 degrees Fahrenheit for those not familiar with the metric system); the guy who speaks perfect English who was once told by his teachers never to take a job that would require him to speak or use any English; and the person from north Sweden who told me about fermented herring and how it’s an acquired taste; and those are only small details of their larger personal stories!
Our lives are full of stories; stories that we read, stories that we hear and stories that we tell each other. The people that we meet and come in contact with every day have a story: the bagger at the grocery, the person who cut you off in traffic, and of course your close friends and family members.
This is why I’ve created Power of a Story: to share the stories that shape our lives and to show you ways that you can share your own powerful story.
Thank you for reading and I look forward to hearing your story!
