Once upon a time...

Once upon a time there was a little boy growing up in Springs, South Africa. His parents were middle class employees and he attended public school.

Like most boys of his age, he was drafted into the South African Defense Force after High School and went to the "Border".

and so on...
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Patricia Fripp encourages all speakers to look back at their lives as if it were a story. Think of the wording in Goldilocks. "One day there was a papa bear, mama bear, baby bear." I have been following Patricia's advice for the past few weeks. I encourage you to do the same thing. Why? This story of your life is going to uncover events that you can craft into personal stories. You then have a library of personal stories to supplement your PowerPoint Presentations. The heart of the Pow'Rful Philosphy is to show photos and tell stories in your presentations. (Read all about it in Dodging the Bullet Points).

Get started now. You have more personal stories than you think. "Once upon a time there was a presenter who did not tell personal stories and read his slide to the audience. His audiences fell asleep. Then he began to tell personal stories to support his PowerPoint Presentations and now he cannot get his audience to vacate the room for the next speaker..."