Podcast Episodes

“Your stories are building bricks of belief in your brand."

“Everybody in your organization has to be aligned… or it all starts to break down.”

“Every time you press upload, you’re telling the universe this is your part in the grand scheme.”

“If your company doesn’t know the story that it’s helping to tell, no marketing campaign is going to save you.”

“I was made from mistakes. I was promoted, protected, loved, and perfected by them.”

“It’s not just about keeping the lights on—it’s about building a relationship with the people at the end of the line."

“A shared narrative means everyone in the organization is speaking about the story in the same way.”

“A message map is the most underutilized resource for marketers.”

“The shortest distance between two souls is a story.”

“A story is a single arc of transformation. A narrative is the thread that connects them all.”

“If it makes me curious, then maybe it’ll make someone else curious, too.”

"Interviewing is not about taking something—it's about helping them be more of who they are."

"I wanted each character to be complex enough and sympathetic enough that there's some deep reason you could identify in yourself."

“A story is a singular arc of transformation. A narrative is the thread that ties all your stories together.”

“If you're not leaning into your own abracadabra, you're leaving your competitive advantage on the table.”

“Ownable originality is about creating something uniquely you—something no one else can do, even if they tried.”

“If you write well, readers see your story differently—but they see it. It’s a visual medium, even in text.”

“Consistency is not about how often you post—it's about how consistently you show up in your message.”

“The more narrow we get with our prompts, the deeper and more profound the insights become.”

"The CSO needs a seat at every department’s table—product, marketing, sales—because story threads through all of it.”

“Think about what your story promises and then ask yourself if you're actually moving toward it.”

“If you get your timeline pushed back, think of it as another year to make the story better.”

“We make our media the same way we make our barbecue, and that’s low and slow.”

“Your story comes from your heart, and then you structure it to deliver it in the best way.”

“People want to feel heard. If you don’t create a collaborative space, they won’t come back.”

“You don’t just present a pitch—you present a world your audience wants to live in.”

“The stories we take on as children are often the ones we spend the rest of our lives trying to rewrite.”

“It’s okay to not be okay. It’s just not okay to stay that way.”

"Most nonfiction books could’ve been blog posts—but fiction sticks with you for life."

"The drugs we've accepted in society—alcohol, nicotine, caffeine—were chosen for productivity, not well-being."

"It's not just what you say—it's how you say it. And who you're saying it to."

"You have to give yourself permission to be terrible at being a business owner when you start."

"It's not the frame of your house that makes it a beautiful home—but without it, the house falls apart. It's the same with your story."

"Social media isn’t just a tool; it’s an opportunity to co-create stories with your audience. They don't need more information. They need insights, emotion, and most importantly, connection."

"South Park’s creators cracked the code on storytelling, and their method will instantly improve your stories."

"You've got to get out of your own way. Put yourself out into the world, and just give it to the universe. Lean into the space shared with the world."

"We so rarely stop and realize when we're in good fortune. We don't understand when we're in ill fortune that we won't be there forever. It's just part of the shape of our story."

"A great story will always win and find its home and its place in the world. So get better, do better, be better. And if you're in it to win it, then you stay with it and you evolve."

"It's okay for you to use inspiration from other stories that have been there. The point is for you to know how do you tell your story differently."

"You have to show up every day and produce because you need the reps. And that is because you need the data from those reps. You can't take one shot in the dark—one stab at it with your one idea—and it not work out, and learn anything valuable from that experience."

"Once I found my way through the jungle of social media, I found that when I was authentic and spoke from my heart, it resonated with a tribe. That was my tribe."

"You're hiring me because you believe I know better, and you shouldn't hire me if you don't think that."

"All companies need chief storytellers. If you don't know where to find them, hire a former journalist."

"Variation is the first key to keeping people engaged. Visual variation, tonal variation, variation in shots, variation in speed and pace and tempo, and all of that. When you become monotonous, you become boring. When your story becomes boring, people will tune out."

"Yes, it is about you, but it's always about you through the lens of your audience. So think about that as you're crafting the Our Story section."

"I refuse to listen to the 'I need $25,000 to go make something.' You might need $25,000 to make that thing that you're talking about, but go make something else, you know?"

"The labyrinth, while it may be a metaphor for sociocultural conflicts—the choices you have to make at home in your culture in order to succeed, which have consequences—it also works as psychologically, because it's an inward journey."

"Tension is the driving force behind any good story. You need to do is understand that it is a constant ebb and flow of tension. You're increasing the tension and you're releasing the tension. That is the rhythm of storytelling. That's all storytelling is, is cause and effect."

"It was my moment in the universe to make this wrong a right, and I knew I had the skills to do it."

"The next revolution in information won't be about knowledge. It will be about implementation, because we all know so much more than we're able to put into practice."