One of the most powerful learnings I’ve had from twenty years of storytelling meetings spent shaping and helping others shape their stories is the realization of one’s own power as a creator—not of a story, or of any project, but of the narrative of one’s own creative life. The narratives of many creative people position their work as exclusively an individual pursuit. To ensure that you are optimizing your potential, consider recasting this narrative: Are you taking best advantage of the help that others can offer, and, more important, are you offering to others all the help you are capable
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