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\"obama-2008-10-14-300x300\"Here is an interesting piece on how central a good story is to success and galvanizing others. \u00a0Politics is all about who has the most compelling story:<\/p>\n

It has always seemed to me that one of a President\u2019s primary responsibilities is to be a storyteller. We all know the importance of narratives, of stories; they are part of the reasons our brains are so damn big. We need stories, we thrive on them, stories are how we shape our universe. Tolkien could have been talking about the power of stories when he described his One Ring: stories rule us, they find us, they bring us together, they bind us, and, yes, they can pull us apart as well. If a President is to have any success, if his policies are going to gain any kind of traction among the electorate, he first has to tell us a story.<\/div>\n
All year I\u2019ve been waiting for Obama to flex his narrative muscles, to tell the story of his presidency, of his Administration, to tell the story of where our country is going and why we should help deliver it there. A coherent, accessible, compelling story\u2014one that is narrow enough to be held in our minds and hearts and that nevertheless is roomy enough for us, the audience, to weave our own predilections, dreams, fears, experiences into its fabric.<\/div>\n
Read more: http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/newsdesk\/2010\/01\/one-year-storyteller-in-chief.html#ixzz0dekBOJ4P<\/div>\n

It has always seemed to me that one of a President\u2019s primary responsibilities is to be a storyteller. We all know the importance of narratives, of stories; they are part of the reasons our brains are so damn big. We need stories, we thrive on them, stories are how we shape our universe. Tolkien could have been talking about the power of stories when he described his One Ring: stories rule us, they find us, they bring us together, they bind us, and, yes, they can pull us apart as well. If a President is to have any success, if his policies are going to gain any kind of traction among the electorate, he first has to tell us a story.<\/p>\n

All year I\u2019ve been waiting for Obama to flex his narrative muscles, to tell the story of his presidency, of his Administration, to tell the story of where our country is going and why we should help deliver it there. A coherent, accessible, compelling story\u2014one that is narrow enough to be held in our minds and hearts and that nevertheless is roomy enough for us, the audience, to weave our own predilections, dreams, fears, experiences into its fabric.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more: http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/newsdesk\/2010\/01\/one-year-storyteller-in-chief.html#ixzz0dekBOJ4P<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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