All rights reserved. He is the author of the bestselling The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore . One of the techniques you use to express the truth is to tell simple stories. Stories are a way to get to people's hearts through imagery, and everybody loves a good story. Stories get to people in a way that philosophy or pure intellect doesn't.
People laugh, they can relate.
Stories get us back into our hearts and out of our heads. Well, yes and no. When I began to speak and teach, people would compliment me on saying simple things that moved them. I realized that that's where the greatest power lies, in what's right before you. Oh, let's see.