You can craft your narrative in any way that speaks to you, but I find it generally includes four principal components, roughly one paragraph per topic: 1. Who are you?/What are you doing now? 2. What did you do before this? 3. What else do you care deeply about? (Think: board seats, volunteering, hobbies and personal projects.) 4. Biographical data that helps humanize you, like pets, family, and fun facts.vii
