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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer
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Passionate communicator and storytelling expert. https://peopleplacestory.coach
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What if your “quick update” in a meeting could quietly change how people *remember* and *act*? 🤔

Most business communication is just a stream of fac...

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December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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"Books are a uniquely portable magic."
Stephen King
(On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Book, 2000))
December 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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**Ever wondered why some presentations feel like a mini adventure while others feel like a traffic jam?**

Here’s a twist you may not know: your audie...

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December 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Ever tried telling a story backwards — and watched a room suddenly lean in? 🤔

Start with the ending. Neuroscience shows surprises trigger dopamine a...

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December 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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"Stories are the communal currency of humanity."
Tahir Shah
(Often quoted; exact source not specified)
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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What if one unexpected detail in your opening made everyone *want* to hear the rest? 🤔

Short stories in meetings aren’t fluff — they change how peop...

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November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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"All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened."
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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What if you could change someone’s mind by telling a story that speaks *their* values — not yours? 🤔

People don’t resist facts as much as they resis...

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November 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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What if a tiny weekly cliffhanger could *rewrite* how your team shows up? 🤔

Stories don’t just persuade once — they build momentum when told in epis...

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November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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"We are, as a species, addicted to story."
Jonathan Gottschall, Author
(The Storytelling Animal, Book, 2012)
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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What if you could turn any plan into a map people actually want to follow? 🗺️🤔

Our brains are built to navigate places — not slides. The hippocampu...

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November 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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What if you turned your biggest obstacle into a character — and used that story to get people to act? 🤔

Most teams show problems as charts or checkl...

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November 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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"Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell."
Seth Godin, Entrepreneur/Author
(All Marketers Are Liars, 2005)

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November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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What if the fastest way to get everyone to *own* a decision is to tell it together — one line at a time? 🤔

When people co-create a story, their brai...

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November 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Which future would your team choose if they *felt* both — not just heard pros and cons? 🤔

Decision fatigue comes from abstract trade-offs. Neuroscie...

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November 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
(TED Talk: The Danger of a Single Story (2009))
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world.
Robert McKee
(Often quoted; attributed to Robert McKee (lectures and Story, 1997))
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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What if your next chart could make people *feel* the data — not just read it? 🤔

Numbers alone rarely change minds. Psychology and neuroscience show...

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October 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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What if your best facts fail because they don’t speak your listener’s values? 🤔

Research in moral reframing (Feinberg & Willer) and Moral Foundation...

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October 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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We are the stories we tell our selves. Thank you to everyone celebrating thoses stories today and taking the “United” States of America to the streets.
#democracy #freespeech #noKings
October 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.
Muriel Rukeyser
(Poem/Essay (commonly quoted; exact source not specified))
October 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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What if you could stop the toughest objections before they're even spoken? 🤔

There’s a psychology for that — *inoculation theory* (McGuire) and rece...

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October 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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What if your hands could make your message twice as sticky — without changing a single word? 🤲✨

Nonverbal storytelling is underrated. Research (Gold...

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October 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Congratulations, María Corina Machado! The world needs more courageous people like you. Well deserved.
October 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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We tell ourselves stories in order to live.
Joan Didion
(The White Album (Book, 1979))
October 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM