脆弱的力量.docxVIP

HYPERLINK /talks/0 So, Ill start with this: HYPERLINK /talks/2000 a couple years ago, an event planner called me HYPERLINK /talks/4000 because I was going to do a speaking event. HYPERLINK /talks/6000 And she called, and she said, HYPERLINK /talks/8000 Im really struggling with how HYPERLINK /talks/10000 to write about you on the little flier. HYPERLINK /talks/12000 And I thought, Well, whats the struggle? HYPERLINK /talks/14000 And she said, Well, I saw you speak, HYPERLINK /talks/16000 and Im going to call you a researcher, I think, HYPERLINK /talks/19000 but Im afraid if I call you a researcher, no one will come, HYPERLINK /talks/21000 because theyll think youre boring and irrelevant. HYPERLINK /talks/23000 (Laughter) HYPERLINK /talks/25000 And I was like, Okay. HYPERLINK /talks/27000 And she said, But the thing I liked about your talk HYPERLINK /talks/29000 is youre a storyteller. HYPERLINK /talks/31000 So I think what Ill do is just call you a storyteller. HYPERLINK /talks/34000 And of course, the academic, insecure part of me HYPERLINK /talks/37000 was like, Youre going to call me a what? HYPERLINK /talks/39000 And she said, Im going to call you a storyteller. HYPERLINK /talks/42000 And I was like, Why not magic pixie? HYPERLINK /talks/45000 (Laughter) HYPERLINK /talks/48000 I was like, Let me think about this for a second. HYPERLINK /talks/51000 I tried to call deep on my courage. HYPERLINK /talks/54000 And I thought, you know, I am a storyteller. HYPERLINK /talks/57000 Im a qualitative researcher. HYPERLINK /talks/59000 I collect stories; thats what I do. HYPERLINK /talks/61000 And maybe stories are just data with a soul. HYPERLINK /talks/64000 And maybe Im just a storyteller. HYPERLINK /talks/66000 And so I said, You know what? HYPERLINK /talks/68000 Why dont you just say Im a researcher-storyteller. HYPERLINK /talks/71000 And she went, Haha. Theres no such thing. HYPERLINK /talks/74000 (Laughter) HYPERLINK /talks/76000 So I