Teach Through Story

“Facts are important, but facts don’t create learning. Stories do. A story fits into (and changes) our understanding of the world. Good teachers are storytellers, and storytellers are teachers.” -Seth Godin

Facts are fine. But stories are where the gold is.

If you want to teach people or inspire them to take action, tell them a great story. (Bonus points when you can weave facts into the story.)

Speaking of, here’s q quick one for you (h/t to Sahil Bloom’s Curiosity Chronicle):

The villagers had been coming to the local wise man every week, many complaining about the same problems each time.

​One day he told them a joke and everyone roared in laughter. After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled. When he told the same joke for the third time, no one laughed.

​The wise man smiled and said, “You can’t laugh at the same joke over and over. So why are you always complaining about the same problem?”