#TypesTuesday – Black Panther #ETBSA
#TypesTuesday – Wakanda Forever!
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#ThinkpieceThursday – Whistleblowers are Power of Conscience characters
Continue readingEmotion Trumps Reason
#ThinkpieceThursday – In the war between emotion and reason, emotion always wins
Continue readingTracy Flick & Hillary Clinton – Power of Conscience
#TypesTuesday – Tracy and Hillary are Power of Conscience unleashed.
Continue readingThe Role of Impulse in Creating Three Dimensional Characters
#ThinkpieceThursday – A character’s Immediate Response is where the character goes first emotionally.
Continue readingThe Story-Teller In Chief
Here is an interesting piece on how central a good story is to success and galvanizing others. Politics is all about who has the most compelling story.
Continue readingThe Limits of Imagination
Their challenge as leaders is to step forward decisively and make the hard potentially divisive decision on their own.
Continue readingTop Ten Political Movies
In 2008, Entertainment Weekly set out to identify some of the best-loved political films of all time. Here are the top 10 picks, with each film’s primary star.
Continue readingFear in Politics, Life, and Storytelling
In my Character Map workshops I talk a lot about fear. This article from the Huffington Post makes a clear statements about fear in politics, everyday life and storytelling. It is a wonderful summary of the discussion of fear I have with my workshop participants.
Continue readingBarack Obama – Three Factors of Character Type
I’ve written extensively on the differences in Character Type between John McCain and Barack Obama. Both candidates’ response to the recent American financial crisis is further revealing of all aspects of their Character Types.
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