In Conversation - Dave Bricker - Story Sailing

"I made the opportunity to have the stories, what I was really afraid of was getting old and looking back and regretting all of the things I hadn"t done. Because I wasn"t supposed to do that. Because I needed to focus on my career or because something bad was gonna happen to me. I just had marvelous adventures and found the stories I was looking for no regrets." I tell a story about a very rough crossing, where I was in my little boat, my lights went out. And I was in very rough seas. And there were these ships all around me. And I mean, in the beginning, I"ve seen people start to show signs of physical seasickness. When I tell the story, people get pulled into that story. But after a few minutes, I don"t have much time. And at some point, I say, Have you ever felt like that in your business? Like you"re out there in those rough seas, and there"s no lights on and these big opportunities are going by you, and they can"t see you, they run you right over and never even know it? 01:02 - Why Stories 02:02 - Sailing Away 04:03  Who is the Hero Story 08:10 Size matters 09:30 Imposter Syndrome 11:30 100% truth 16:00 Corporate World and stories 18:01 Engaging stories 22:28 The Big Stories http://www.storysailing.com As a young man, Dave Bricker was inspired by the remarkable people he met in Miami’s “secret floating village.” The sailboat anchorage a quarter-mile off-shore from Miami City Hall attracted world travelers, squatters, and dreamers. All had remarkable stories to tell. By his senior year in college, he was living aboard his own tiny sailboat. Soon after graduation, he set sail for the Bahamas with a locker full of food and dreams … and $40 in his pocket. His voyages took him up and down the Bahamas, up the east coast of the US to Chesapeake Bay, and across the Atlantic to Gibraltar. He ran aground, dealt with mechanical breakdowns, got seasick more than once, slept in a volcano, survived powerful storms, and returned to the land of clocks and calendars with what he’d gone in search of—stories of his own. Today, as a speaker, trainer, and coach, Dave Bricker helps remarkable people tell remarkable stories—through writing, speaking, graphic design, video, technology, and music. If you want to say it, share it, or sell it, bring him your story; he’ll help you tell it.