My Story
(Story narrated by Dr Amit Nagpal, Storytelling & Personal Branding Coach, Speaker and Author. To know more visit www.dramitnagpal.com)
As a child, I was an unconscious storyteller and naturally resorted to stories to explain situations and concepts. Stories have become a major part of my life and I am more than happy to share some of the major milestones and interesting stories from my life, which has been a wonderful journey.I
was living an ordinary life until I was introduced to the science of
meditation. In the rat race of the current world, my creativity was being
dampened. Meditation helped me regain it after few years of consistent
practice. What followed thereafter resulted in social media success and a
discovery of a formula.
Finding my direction
Social
Media Success = Mindful Content + Passionate Engagement + Heartfelt
Collaboration
How
I created this formula is an interesting story in itself and a very important
part of my professional life. During self-reflection, I realized I had learnt 3
life lessons, which led me to create this formula. During content creation and
posting, sharing of our emotions - experiences takes a priority and audience becomes
secondary. We need to find a balance where we create content straight from the
heart yet keeping in mind the audience interests and aspirations.
The first life lesson was that - mindful, audience-centric content can only be
generated with an uncluttered mind. It must add value to people’s lives by
motivating, energizing and/or helping them resolve their current life
challenges.
The second life lesson was that - an uncluttered mind helps you connect with
yourself at a deeper level. With increased self-awareness, you are able to
realize what motivates and inspires you deeply. Once you discover your deep
passion, passionate engagement happens naturally. Passionate engagement touches
hearts and lives of your audience and helps you form an emotional
connect.
The third lesson was that heartfelt collaboration comes through trust and
collaborative efforts which requires risk taking and an attitude of win-win.
Nothing
succeeds like passion-inspired success and nothing fails like the self-esteem’s
failure. I had already experienced the latter part and began to move in the
direction of the former.
Finding my life’s purpose
My
belief is, ‘What we unconsciously do, is what we are born to do.’ I was a born
storyteller. I loved case study method while pursuing management education,
which is nothing but storytelling. I started my blog with an anecdote (short
true story). As a teacher-trainer I had used stories frequently.
My
first book is about the story of TV news in India. My second book has plenty of
stories from my life and the lessons which they brought. At a conscious level I
had not realised that storytelling is the final piece in my life’s puzzle. I
had not realised that storytelling combines my passions (writing, inspiring),
strengths (empathy, psychology) and education/experience (marketing, branding)
together. And one fine day I realized the immense power of stories to inspire
people, energize action, connect emotionally, build reputation and entertain us
at the same time. Fortunately, brand storytelling (on social media) also
provided me an opportunity to teach, coach and emotionally connect with people.
Storytelling
is full of depth and meaning. Story delivers information, connects people on an
emotional level and builds community. Now I feel like a consciously passionate
storyteller. As Picasso says, ''The meaning of life is to find your gift and
the purpose of life is to give it away.'' What we are gifted with, we will
start doing it unconsciously and effortlessly. After finding our gift, we must
give it away. My life purpose is to support my clients in telling their own and
organisation stories.
I
love storytelling all the more because stories humanize our mechanical world.
At the intersection of storytelling, branding and inspiration, I began to
connect the dots backwards and understood how my education, jobs and life
experiences have been conspiring to lead me towards this path.
May my story become your story too!
Now
I realize, my passion for inspirational storytelling is so deep, 'The Secret'
had begun to apply. The right people had started coming. The right situations
got created. The right mind-set began to emerge from within.
Now
I want people to see what I see. I want to connect at a wider and a deeper
level. May you too regain your creativity, gain clarity and find your life
purpose. There comes one day when you connect the dots and understand the role
of each character in your story. You find the significance behind every
struggle and every villain. The dots don't look like dots anymore. One rather
tends to see the curve and deep meaning behind every crest and every trough of
life. You want to share your excitement with the world.
And
the eventful day, on which you discover your life purpose, you begin to dance
like a wave. And the ripples begin to spread.
Namaste.
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