Story telling tool

Challenge and selection.

Storytelling tool is one of the most effective tools. In the modern life, people are passing  through many pains and struggles trying to solve their puzzles and mysteries. But it is life.  You have to pass through a lot to succeed. Failure in relationships have become one of the  major threats among the youths. They have been trying to work out things but all in vain.  These failures can be caused by many different things. Maybe boredom. I have seen many  failed relationships among the youths and when I try finding out, many say they had enough  of the relationship and it was not working out because they felt bored of each other.  Sometimes I find myself thinking and wondering what would happen if someone marries and  get bored of the spouse? This almost makes me feel like going crazy. But a fact to  understand, love is all about honesty, trust and perseverance. For a good relationship or for  things to work out, one must be patient. On the other side, a wise man knows when to retreat.  Don’t wait to be that much broken that you feel like dying. No. Walk out easy. You have  senses and brain and you can tell when things are not going to ever work out. You are still  young, and being young is an asset you have. Don’t wait until you head to a dead end. Just  pivot.

Application

It was very sunny and was walking around the field checking where I had dropped my keys  the previous day as we played football. Then I saw I guy sitting on a rock. At first, I thought  he was high on drugs. Sometimes minding your own business is good. I first thought. But  something struck me and I decided to go check on him. Lucky enough he was not on drugs  because that could lead to trouble if we were found together. The conversation started at a  very simple pace. The guy looked broken I could tell. Maybe he was passing through a lot.  Then all over sudden he asked me if I believed in love. That was a tricky question because I  was fighting to come out of a heartbreak. I knew the answer that I would give will have a lot  of weight. And then an idea struck me, I told him, yeah! I believe in love, but sometimes I  don’t believe in it. The answer I gave made him see I too had some issues at a certain point.  And he asked me if I had ever been heartbroken. But I had to hear his story first before I  opened up. He started by telling me he had been in that relationship since being a freshman in  the school. They had dated for three years but things were not going well. They had  arguments at times. But the recent they had was bad and things were getting out of control as  he even felt bored of being in a relationship. Then I asked if he loved the girl and he said yes.

Insight and Approach

And now I had the right time to tell my story. But first I had to give him an advice, you don’t  walk away from a relationship because you argued. If you love her and she loves you, you’re  hurting yourselves by breaking the relationship. Then I started my story. We dated for six  years since I was in High School. Because we were not so much mature by then we had so  many silly arguments. But we found our way out of the problem. Sometimes we could go  silent and not talk to each other for months. The longest being about six months. And I too  thought it was over as she did. But fate brings people who love each other together. My love  story doesn’t end there. We already broke up with her and it still pains. But I knew if I

continued with the story, he might not try to fix the relationship. So, I stopped there. I didn’t  want to see another relationship down. When I see them together around school, I feel so  happy and contented. That guy is one of my best friends and he always tell me if not for my  story, things would not have been the same.

I am a young person and this is the main asset I have. That is being young. As I move on with  life and get a chance to work in an organisation, I will be able to tell stories to help others and  to inspire them to think smart. Perfect ideas are not so far away, they are just around us.  When I used that story, I was not sure it would work but it did work.

In the future I hope to use and incorporate all the other design thinking tools for the  prosperity of the society.

