I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #85 of SEASON 9 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach, and stories heal! We are one spirit; one soul; one world; and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

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The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE

Our guest for today is Doug Stevenson, CSP.  Doug is the CEO of Story Theater International. He is the creator of The Story Theater Method and a master storyteller and storytelling in business speaker, trainer, and coach. Doug has taught storytelling for business success to clients as diverse as Coca-Cola, Verizon, Deloitte, Caterpillar, Microsoft, Abbott Labs, US Bank, and USAA Insurance.

Links for Doug:

Website:  www.storytelling-in-business.com  

               www.storytelling-in-business.com/newsletter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougstevenson1/

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/storytheater?feature=results_main

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with Doug:

1. Sometimes your life’s path reveals itself to you

2. You don’t find your real path without going off on the wrong path. It just seems to be part of the process that we must stumble and slip into our genius.

3. When you pick a date and you commit to a course of action to change the direction of your life, things start to fall into place. People show up, Doug calls them allies and angels and I call them earth angels as you may have heard me tell my earth angel story in episode #21. They show up, people start to support you in your vision and your dream. Don't keep putting it off because you have a perfect plan, or you are waiting for the perfect circumstance. Pick a date and make it happen.

4. Doug’s final message is: Your story can change other people's life. It does not have to be profound or dramatic. Each one of us has a life story and the lessons we learned from it, which we ought to pass along to other people. Doug says, find your stories, harvest the stories from your life and ask yourself, what have I learned? What can I pass along to someone? And then when there's that right moment in time, tell your story, share your story, share your life lessons. 😊

I will bring you the next episode of Sharing Life Lessons next Wednesday.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be blessed'.

Podcast links:

YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

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