August, 2015
TIPS ON HOW TO FIND YOUR STORY HEARTBEAT.
How do you find the heart of your story? The essence of your story is the magic that is pure YOU.  What makes your heart really pump is your purpose, and we all have unique purpose. All those “whats”, know-hows you have placed into your toolbox are wonderful. Ever think about the “toolbox” itself? Your “heart” or core essence / purpose is what drives the beat of your activities in life and in business?

Working in teams pitching new business opportunities at major ad agencies taught me at an early professional age to seek out the emotional “hook” that pulled in an audience, customer, for products and services. This is the heart of what is being offered; what creates an irresistible pull by sounding out its message to other hearts to “come on down”, join the party. In current lingo: “alignment” of purpose.

To quote Rumi: “Let your heart be silently drawn by the pull of what you really love.” 

How do folks discover and communicate their heart’s pull…their story, their heartbeat, how they influence and lead others to hunt for their “story-beat”?

Hunting for your story “heartbeat” (Things I have learned on how to begin)

1. What do you love?
What makes your heart beat a little (or a lot!) faster? It is true, the heart essence of purpose is found in those visceral almost awkward to talk about subjects, objects, and experiences. Write down where or what creates your feeling of flow…what makes your heart beat faster, what is important to you AND how do you express this “thing”. This is NOT a “cause”; it is what touches you so strongly that drives you to a MUST DO THIS.

2. What is at least one personal memory from your early life in which you felt fulfilled, very happy…and what memory do you have of a challenging event that changed your life?
The responses to events in our early lives give a clue to what we find emotionally important. Write your story down, review it, find the theme that seems to repeat itself. How do you feel about your experience? Write THAT down. These are clues to what are you intrinsically “built to do”.

Finding emotional essence seems to be a “no brainer”.

OK…so this seems quite simple. Believe me, this takes some honest “digging”. What you have to do is reach deep in both exercises to uncover the “feelings” or emotional aspect rather than the event. Leaving the “left brain” behind can be a new thing, and it is quite important!

Find our what resonates, what repeats in the stories you jot down from #1 and #2. Those memories or qualities that repeat themselves are the clues are the beginnings to what will define your unique and authentic purpose.

Establish this session as your beginning. You will find future brainstorming from this quick foundation on your “how” will produce new insights, new pure YOU meaningful communications that lead both you and others in fulfilling goals, innovations, needs, and establish effective partnerships.

It’s all about clearly communicating “how” you do what you do so well!
Communicating your unique essence in a focused manner can reap great rewards. You can and will attract the audience and client base that are aligned with what you provide and add value to your own business with like minded partners and employees. In a world so pressed for time and massive messaging…expressing your purpose to all in a focused and consistent manner is key!

Condense your story information to a few words, a couple of sentences, short speech, and quick read visuals. We now receive the majority of our info via visual pictures. That’s where my purpose and passion comes in! Giving a visual quick sketch story of what you do, how you do it, what you do is both fast as well as universal. Get your audience and partners on the same page with visual storyboarding!

Your purpose is unique, express it in a unique way…give me a call to discuss some picture storming to express your purpose, your innovative ideas. You may just come up with some great new ideas by picture brainstorming.

Have fun with this beginning in finding your heart story…begin building your business heart essence into a huge bonfire for all to see, value and partner!

Thanks for letting me share some “heart” tips.

I’m Paula Brown; Visual Scribe / Feng Shui practitioner / Author / Animal Communicator. I am a visual storyteller showing you how to IGNITE YOUR STORY, YOUR ENERGY, YOUR WELL-BEING for both business and home. My site is: www.chilightful.com Connect on:  LinkedIn, Twitter. and you can “like” my facebook page at: www.facebook.com/ChiLightful