Master the 3 Specifics Rule to Enhance Storytelling Impact

Master the 3 Specifics Rule to Enhance Storytelling ImpactMaster the 3 Specifics Rule to Enhance Storytelling Impact

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BECHEM AYUK

• May 6

One of the best ways to make your ideas memorable is to tell compelling stories And one of the best ways to tell compelling stories is to use the 3 Specifics Rule

Any story you tell should contain at least 3 details that could only be true for YOU

→ A specific number → A specific name or role → A specific moment in time

"𝘈 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯" is not a story. "𝘈 34-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳'𝘴" is a story.

Generic anecdotes slide off the brain like water off a duck. Specific ones stick because the brain has something to hold onto.

This requires courage because specificity means someone can push back. Specificity means you can be wrong.

Saying it anyway is what turns an opinion into a perspective and a newsletter into something people think about in the shower.

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