Bad News. Good News. So What?

Bad News. Good News. So What?

A simple framework for effective storytelling.

A simple framework for effective storytelling.

My father-in-law (a retired pastor) shared with me a simple framework he crafted from many years of preaching sermons week after week. Every good story has these three components:

  1. Bad news.

  2. Good news.

  3. So what?

Most people don’t know how to tell a good story, but that’s easily solved with this simple trick. You’ll soon have your listeners hanging on your every word!

(See how I just used that framework? 😉 )

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45,100 followers

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6,296 followers

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This site is typeset in Bueno by Rajesh Rajput, Thermal by Reset Type Studio, Mark by Hannes von Döhren and Christoph Koeberlin, Manteca by Emyself Design, and Inter by Rasmus Andersson.


This is version 6.0.2 of my personal website. Older versions: v5, v4, v3, v2 (no longer online), v1 (no longer online).


Black lives matter.

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Helping designers get their flowers.

45,601 followers

15,979 connections

45,100 followers

6,458 subscribers

79 videos

6,296 followers

221 posts

This site is typeset in Bueno by Rajesh Rajput, Thermal by Reset Type Studio, Mark by Hannes von Döhren and Christoph Koeberlin, Manteca by Emyself Design, and Inter by Rasmus Andersson.


This is version 6.0.2 of my personal website. Older versions: v5, v4, v3, v2 (no longer online), v1 (no longer online).


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