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According to our reading, (Thanks Sam for helping me out- I too, am awaiting the arrival of my book!) “People don’t want more information. They are up to their eyeballs in information. They want faith- faith in you, your goals, your successes, in the story you tell.”
I disagree with this. Personally, I want more information. I totally understand and agree with wanting faith, for meaningful, inspiring stories. However, I also want information. Perhaps it’s trivial, and may not have too much to do with the story, but personally, I enjoy quirky pieces of information that may not directly relate to the storyline. I suppose it also depends on the type of story you are telling, the audience you are aiming for, and even the mood of the audience at the time. I may be alone in this thought.
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posted by Sarah Anderson @ 9:06 PM
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I think faith comes after the information.
A certain amount of information must be given before a level of faith can be reached.
Let's say I am working on a project with a group leader I have never worked with before. Will I trust the person inherently? Doubtful. Now let's say that group leader hands me a resume with successful past projects he/she has directed. Now will I trust them? Possibly.
Well, I think she's just saying that people don't want some random dude coming up to them and giving them tons of information when they don't even know if the dude knows what he's talking about.
Before you start throwing all kinds of information at people, you have to prove to them that you know your stuff.
Also, bp, the author would disagree with your resume example. Simmons writes that it's not enough to just say that you know what you're doing or show a resume proving that you've done all kinds of neat things in the past. You have to convince them with stories about your experiences.
I agree that audiences don't always want more information. Especially if we are talking about a persuasive story. That's why we have to build trust or Faith in our audience.
BP. I have to disagree. Without a relationship between the sender and receiver of information, nothing is getting through.
Information is great, it really is. But it's story and relationship and faith that takes that information and polishes it up into something greater than just information and makes it worth understanding. When was the last time you really enjoyed reading the instructions to a microwave? Have you ever found deeper meaning in a recipe? You have to have all of the fluffy stuff before the rest of it makes any difference.
OK, others have already covered this, but I started writing mine first, and doggone it I'm going to use it!
I agree with you on one point, I love little tidbits of "useless" knowledge. (I have some tucked away in my brain that come to the fore at the strangest times.)
But bringing the faith aspect back into the equation... Would you enjoy factoids as much if they came from an untrustworthy source?
On a slightly unrelated note...I'm always interested in how eager people are to accept information as "fact" when it is simply contrary to the accepted norm, or contrary to logic. For example the "fact" that a duck's quack does not echo. I have no idea from where this originated, but it is fun for people to accept, believe and repeat, however untrue it is.
I guess that's what we call an urban legend.
One day I want to start one, just to see how far it gets... Beware!
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