Comments on: Stories http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/2010/06/25/stories/ Practical business advice for those in the business of being creative. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:06:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Elizabeth http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/2010/06/25/stories/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Elizabeth Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:10:49 +0000 http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/?p=499#comment-836 I ran away to Mexico when I was 19 and didn't let my family know where I was for almost three years. For the longest time (even though I have been back and reunited with them for years and am a completely different person now) I held on to the guilt of who I was in my teens and could not forgive myself for my "story". A therapist finally helped me see that thinking I was the worst person in the world was the same as thinking I was the best person in the world - very narcissistic. Every time I tell my story I put it a little further behind me, as well. Keep sharing, because you help so many people, Sean! Elizabeth I ran away to Mexico when I was 19 and didn’t let my family know where I was for almost three years. For the longest time (even though I have been back and reunited with them for years and am a completely different person now) I held on to the guilt of who I was in my teens and could not forgive myself for my “story”. A therapist finally helped me see that thinking I was the worst person in the world was the same as thinking I was the best person in the world – very narcissistic. Every time I tell my story I put it a little further behind me, as well. Keep sharing, because you help so many people, Sean!
Elizabeth

]]> By: G.E. Masana http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/2010/06/25/stories/comment-page-1/#comment-830 G.E. Masana Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:39:57 +0000 http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/?p=499#comment-830 Sometimes, it's difficult to let go, because it means letting go of your final connection to the person you will leave behind in the history of your life and by extension, it lets go of that person. Or so we feel. That "story" is an emotional connection to your brother you've forged inside you, which really only exists in your mind. You can create a new story. Sometimes, it’s difficult to let go, because it means letting go of your final connection to the person you will leave behind in the history of your life and by extension, it lets go of that person. Or so we feel. That “story” is an emotional connection to your brother you’ve forged inside you, which really only exists in your mind. You can create a new story.

]]> By: Rosalind http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/2010/06/25/stories/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Rosalind Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:57:01 +0000 http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/?p=499#comment-829 Stories like this are trusted foundation stones in the 'Self'. I have one about my mother dying (abandoning me) when I was 18. It has taken me more than 25 years to realise it is a story and just that. It has taken me a few years more to deconstruct the story/lie about who I was because of this event. Removing ones foundation stones is daunting and takes courage but without doing this one is trapped and limited by a single viewpoint. Stories like this are trusted foundation stones in the ‘Self’. I have one about my mother dying (abandoning me) when I was 18. It has taken me more than 25 years to realise it is a story and just that. It has taken me a few years more to deconstruct the story/lie about who I was because of this event.

Removing ones foundation stones is daunting and takes courage but without doing this one is trapped and limited by a single viewpoint.

]]> By: Donnie Bell Design http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/2010/06/25/stories/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Donnie Bell Design Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:56:02 +0000 http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/?p=499#comment-828 We don't like to tell THE story different ways, but as creators, we have to constantly find different avenues to present ourselves and our stories. It's an essential for doing business as creatives. We don’t like to tell THE story different ways, but as creators, we have to constantly find different avenues to present ourselves and our stories. It’s an essential for doing business as creatives.

]]> By: sofia negron photography http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/2010/06/25/stories/comment-page-1/#comment-827 sofia negron photography Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:58:16 +0000 http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/?p=499#comment-827 When we realize it is our "story" and what we have added to that story- what we made it mean for ourselves is when we can look at it with fresh eyes and realize it doesn't have to be that story. Thanks for the reminder. When we realize it is our “story” and what we have added to that story- what we made it mean for ourselves is when we can look at it with fresh eyes and realize it doesn’t have to be that story. Thanks for the reminder.

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