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Posts TaggedSam Horn
What’s Your Big Idea? – The Better Newsletter #158
A Hollywood producer’s simple test for a successful movie applies to your next talk, pitch, or business: Can people repeat your big idea?
See Yourself on a Hero’s Journey – The Better Newsletter #157
Chris Vogler’s storytelling framework helped shape The Lion King. Discover how the author of The Writer’s Journey sees the hero’s journey as a way to understand our own challenges—and what we can learn along the way.
Optimism In Action – The Better Newsletter #156
“Optimism isn’t just an attitude; it’s an action.” In this conversation from The Force for Good Project, Bill Burke shares how we can reclaim our optimism by noticing and appreciating positive norms—and taking responsibility to refill the glass.
Turn Status Quo Into Status Grow – The Better Newsletter #155
Even if we like our status quo, it can become a rut unless we do an intentional pattern interrupt. I listened to a nudge to stay in San Diego—and new insights, new people, and new experiences emerged that made my life even better.
5 For Me. 5 For You – The Better Newsletter #154
What do you say when someone asks, “What do you do?” Sam Horn shares why having options helps you customize every introduction—and how her “5 For Me, 5 For You” model helps people have fun, get a lot done, and create new connections.
Agency for the Win! – The Better Newsletter #153
A flight diversion left me waiting at Dulles with no clear departure time. I could hope my flight would be rescheduled—or find another way to Newark. Here’s what happened when I chose agency.
Serve, Don’t Sell – The Better Newsletter #151
Instead of chasing potential clients by constantly trying to sell them, give them an opportunity to experience you in action. Show up, provide value, and be the person who wants to do something FOR them—not get something FROM them.
Word Play or Word Profits – The Better Newsletter #150
What makes a pitch POP!? Sam Horn shares how a 30-second Tongue Fu! pitch was selected to lead a segment on The Tonight Show—and how being Purposeful, Original, and Pithy can help you break out instead of blend in.
Agency is the Answer – The Better Newsletter #149
Looking back at 30+ years of books, Sam Horn realized the river running through her work has been agency—the ability to improve what happens to us, by us, or around us. Now, that same idea is at the heart of The Force For Good Project and her birthday wish that its stories become a life raft for people and a rising tide of positive change.