Why There’s Power In Your Story
I know I’ve stated before that it is oh-so important to establish your “why” when competing for a title. The reason for that “why” is the foundation for how to convince and communicate to the judges your unique reasoning for why they should choose you as the winner. How you go about explaining your “why,” is what will make or break you. We all know that to have any chance at winning, we need to be memorable, we need to have the judges fall in love with us and the best way to do that is with storytelling. Science behind storytelling There is scientific reasoning for why telling a story in your interview is your best bet to get the judges to remember you: The brains of the person telling a story and listening to it can synchronize, says Uri Hasson from Princeton: "When the woman spoke English, the volunteers understood her story, and their brains synchronized. When she had activity in her insula, an emotional brain region, the listeners did too. When her fronta