Reflection – Story Telling:    Challenge:  I’m currently an undergrad student in my senior here at a business school, I will soon be  applying for jobs or for my masters. All we are ever repeatedly told to do is sell ourselves to  professionals, businesses and corporations. In that sense, it is really important for us to know  who we are, explain our background and interests with clarity and also show how we will add  value to the corporations we’re applying. This sounds easy enough on paper. However, as  students we are usually lost on how to market ourselves the best way.     Selection:  I’ve chosen the story telling tool because its fundamental idea is to be able to tell your own  story. Liberal art college students suffer with this question the most as very few of us have  some sort of direction on where we belong or what we want to. Branding our story  innovatively not only helps us keep our options open but also gives a holistic approach to  professionals and professors on the kind of people we are.     Application:   I utilized the story telling tool in my emails to instructors on how I learnt from their course. I  know this isn’t much, though it was a good start. Rather than telling them I simply enjoyed  the course, I now told them a more individual and personal story on how the course helped  me grow. This helped me form deeper personal relationships with my instructors and made  me understand and value the course more than before.     Insight:   Story telling helps you be in charge and in control of your life. By telling myself and  convincing my instructors that their course did benefit me in some way, I was able to  internalize this added value and be more positive about my learning experiences.     Approach:  Something I would do differently, however, while using the story telling tool is also be  creative enough to tell myself the hindrances in a course in a way that benefits me. For  example, if I found the teacher less engaging, rather than not mentioning it to myself at all, I  would rather add the teacher made it more possible for me to study independently. This way I  have a stronger hold on the story I’m choosing to tell.

