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We continued our live read of Crucial Conversations and today was all about skills for mastering your stories. The steps are as follows: Retrace your Path Notice your Behavior Put your Feelings into Words Analyze your Stories Get Back to the Facts Watch for 3 Clever Stories (Victim, Villain and Helpless) Tell the Rest of the Story (Victims become Actors, Villains become Humans, Helpless become Able)  This was episode 180 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Konktown’s discord server: discord.gg/konktown and Clubhouse’s Startup Club House from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Some of the key highlights from today's discussion included: Discussing skills for mastering our stories, such as retracing our path, putting feelings into words, analyzing stories, and telling the rest of the story The importance of separating facts from subjective interpretations in stories Recognizing "clever stories" like victim, villain, and helpless stories that people tell to justify actions Learning to question our own role in problems rather than see ourselves only as victims  The value of humanizing others rather than making villain stories in order to improve communication Taking responsibility and accountability for our own actions and using dialogue skills rather than feeling helpless Show notes based on our discussion (as per Otter.ai's beta tool):   Crucial Conversations book and avoiding passive aggression. (1:27) Controlling emotions through storytelling. (5:31) Recognizing and managing emotions. (11:00) Storytelling and emotional control. (16:59) Separating facts from subjective interpretations. (23:03) Crucial conversations and self-justifying stories. (28:57) Storytelling and its impact on relationships. (35:39) Storytelling and its impact on behavior. (39:43) Self-justification through storytelling. (44:12) Self-awareness and empathy in communication. (48:25) Improving communication and relationships at work. (53:11) Overcoming emotional blocks in communication. (58:26) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices