Just for fun, let’s say, you want to organize an extreme home makeover for someone you know, someone wonderful and inspirational, someone who’s been paying it forward for years, but now needs radical help.
What’s the first thing you do? Who is the first person you need? Is it a designer? Or maybe a contractor? Nope. The first person you need is an artist. Specifically, a story teller.
Without a story you’ve only got information, the mere facts and figures about a person. To connect and motivate others you’ve got to convey the trial and tribulations, the dreams and aspirations of your recipient. You’ve got to tell their story.
This is why the first person you need to organize an extreme makeover (and, I would propose, any successful community event) is an artist, a storyteller. The most successful community action is accompanied by a true and authentic story you connect with.
Storytellers are valuable. Good ones are rare and priceless.
Jason King is just such a story teller. If you were at either of our extreme makeovers you were probably filmed by Jason. This month he is shooting a movie called “Down Sized” about a man who learns that life is about who you are rather than what you have.
If you’d like to be part of this story click here.
