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Rain Bennett ❤️🧠
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Filmmaker & writer helping you connect and communicate better through the power of stories. Weekly storytelling tip in your inbox. 👇🏼
Durham, NCrainbennett.com/weeklystorytel…Joined January 2009

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Parents and Grandparents: tell a story from your life to your children that they haven't heard before today! Children and Grandchildren: ask your parents about their lives before you came along today!
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Happy National Tell a Story Day! Today, let's celebrate the power of storytelling and preserving our family legacies with CaptureFully. #tellastoryday #capturefully #storytelling #familyhistory #legacyvideos #lifestories
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Stories are the number one communication tool to create human connection. Once connection is established, collaboration can happen.
"People think having a story means you've done something epic or outstanding. But the majority of people don't have those stories and that makes them think they have none." - Francisco Mahfuz Brutally honest talk on storytelling this week on Episode 132!
Some people believe they don’t have a story to tell. But all of us have a powerful story. And that’s because the power lies within who your story impacts and how. Everyone has a story worthy of a documentary.
I asked ChatGPT to tell me about this Rain Bennett guy's stance on storytelling. Here's what it came back with. Is it accurate in your opinion??
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"Once you understand that life is just a collection of stories, it gets more exciting. Because all those stories hold significant meaning in your life." - Francisco Mahfuz
Nick Hutchison (from ), an athlete-turned-entrepreneur, fights self-doubt and societal norms to turn a passion for personal development books into a successful biz. Hear how on this episode of The Storytelling Lab and unlock your potential!
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Troy Bedenbaugh created one of the best personal stories I've ever seen. His emotional documentary "One Lost Many Found," tells the story of his journey to discover who his father was 20 years after his passing, through the surfboards his father shaped.
Does your story end this way? Or are you just in the dark forest? A dark forest is when you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's one of the toughest places in life. (🎯timing for the shoutout, as Season 3 premiers tomorrow!)
I currently have two Korean agencies competing for the publishing rights for Six Second Stories. Self-published authors: You are leaving money on the table if you are not pursuing the sale of your foreign publishing rights!
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The battle we fight to live our best lives and deepen our impact on the world through our work is daily. And so much of our success in that battle depends on the impact of these substances in our brains.
Life is both brutal and beautiful. And you can wake up every day and allow yourself to get overtaken by its brutality, or you can spend each day fighting to find its beauty.
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QUESTION: Wifey got me a writing retreat getaway weekend for Valentine's Day (what a woman, right? ❤️) Should I write a dream script and try to sell it to a bigger fish or a simple one that I can produce and shoot my own feature within the next year or two?
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What you think: the story you tell yourself. What you say: the story you tell others. What you do: the story others tell about you. Making sure these are aligned is the ultimate goal to find fulfillment.
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How do you get BIG results as a small brand? Play the long game! (oh, and be yourself.) This episode of The Storytelling Lab shows how you use free tools like video storytelling to make your brand stand out. Listen to the full episode here:
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"A wise old owl lived in an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?"
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