Example Reflection -- STORYTELLING

Challenge:

I am a student currently doing post-graduation. So, in day to day life of a student I need to present  something to the professors and others in the form of PowerPoint presentations or the assignment  submission. I usually couldn’t engage people to my presentations and the result is low grades and an  unsatisfied myself as I am good at understanding things but could not express that easily the  technicality of the things. Even in personal life this is one the biggest problems I face. Friends,  cousins, relatives, etc. who all meet me say that I am not able to talk properly and doesn’t make  other people understand what I am talking about as it may seem too phislophical or technical which  all other people might not understand.

Selection:

The tool I selected to overcoming the above-mentioned challenge is Story telling. Science has also  confirmed that things are retained most when they are presented in terms of a story. People get  engaged easily and take interest on what is happening and what is going to happen. Hence my  selection of the story telling tool seems to be the only good option.

Application:

I started the application of the tool right from the core thing, that is my personality, so far, my  personality seemed a bit confused. Then I slowly tried few new thing and one thing that worked for  me is to associate my personality with someone famous. This made people thing about me more  clearly. I changed my looks a bit to look similar to famous person. This is how people started showing  interest in me.

Next thing for the process of presenting something I started associating people with thing that  create a sense of relationship of people with that particular association. For example, when I link a  lazy yet intelligent person to Elephant it makes people thing about them and automatically create a  story around them as how they behave. Another example is when I start making story of technical  things while presenting to the professors in my university it made a clear idea among them about  what I am saying and keep them interested till the end of the project.

Another thought of application is whenever I meet my friends I try make a short fictious story  around something trending this makes me to keep them engaging and entertaining. The fictious  story is made just for the fun and to start the conversation with a healthy and content to throw in  anything to the discussion. Discussion with friends is just for fun so anything and everything has a  part in the talk.

Insight:

This tool of storytelling helped me very much not only on overcoming the problems I was facing but  also broaden the prospect and my thought process. Now every time a watch commercial I try to  understand the story behind they want to tell. To learn and remember things I started making story  around almost everything. This transformation process has taught me a lot of the back and front end  of storytelling not just in expressing things but also for the understanding things. Now every time I  enter a mega store for shopping I understand the theme of the store and the story behind the theme  that they want to convey with placing of the product, decoration and colour concept. This process is  mentioned in module 2 of the course which helped me in understanding the meaning of storytelling.

Approach:

Next time I would try to use visualization as thinking and imagination are very crucial for any  business. Visualization will allow me to think and predict about the short-term outcomes. For  example, next I will try to visualise the working first to understand its working process rather than  going directly to the machine or asking an expert to understand. First the visualization and then  seeing the physical form makes confident about the power of visualization. The thought process  becomes clear and the confusion fades away. Visualisation also helps in creative thinking for new  products or modification in the existing ones. So, this will be the new approach for the new tool.


Example Reflection -- STORYTELLING Challenge : I am a student currently doing post - graduation . So , in day to day life of a student I need to present something to the professors and others in the form of PowerPoint presentations or the assignment submission . I usually could n’t engage people to my presentations and the result is low grades and an unsatisfied myself as I am good at understanding things but could not express that easily the technicality of the things . Even in personal life this is one the biggest problems I face . Friends , cousins , relatives , etc . who all meet me say that I am not able to talk properly and does n’t make other people understand what I am talking about as it may seem too phislophical or technical which all other people might not understand . Selection : The tool I selected to overcoming the above - mentioned challenge is Story telling . Science has also confirmed that things are retained most when they are presented in terms of a story . People get engaged easily and take interest on what is happening and what is going to happen . Hence my selection of the story telling tool seems to be the only good option . Application : I started the application of the tool right from the core thing , that is my personality , so far , my personality seemed a bit confused . Then I slowly tried few new thing and one thing that worked for me is to associate my personality with someone famous . This made people thing about me more clearly . I changed my looks a bit to look similar to famous person . This is how people started showing interest in me . Next thing for the process of presenting something I started associating people with thing that create a sense of relationship of people with that particular association . For example , when I link a lazy yet intelligent person to Elephant it makes people thing about them and automatically create a story around them as how they behave . Another example is when I start making story of technical things while presenting to the professors in my university it made a clear idea among them about what I am saying and keep them interested till the end of the project . Another thought of application is whenever I meet my friends I try make a short fictious story around something trending this makes me to keep them engaging and entertaining . The fictious story is made just for the fun and to start the conversation with a healthy and content to throw in anything to the discussion . Discussion with friends is just for fun so anything and everything has a part in the talk . Insight : This tool of storytelling helped me very much not only on overcoming the problems I was facing but also broaden the prospect and my thought process . Now every time a watch commercial I try to understand the story behind they want to tell . To learn and remember things I started making story around almost everything . This transformation process has taught me a lot of the back and front end of storytelling not just in expressing things but also for the understanding things . Now every time I enter a mega store for shopping I understand the theme of the store and the story behind the theme that they want to convey with placing of the product , decoration and colour concept . This process is mentioned in module 2 of the course which helped me in understanding the meaning of storytelling . Approach : Next time I would try to use visualization as thinking and imagination are very crucial for any business . Visualization will allow me to think and predict about the short - term outcomes . For example , next I will try to visualise the working first to understand its working process rather than going directly to the machine or asking an expert to understand . First the visualization and then seeing the physical form makes confident about the power of visualization . The thought process becomes clear and the confusion fades away . Visualisation also helps in creative thinking for new products or modification in the existing ones . So , this will be the new approach for the new tool .