Storybrand Reviews

Life-changing

When I picked up the book I didn t think it would stick Storytelling has never been my thing it s always felt like this distant almost mystical skill that other people have You know the ones who can captivate a room with some riveting tale about their trip to the grocery store Meanwhile I ve always been a straight-to-the-point kind of person No frills Just facts But Miller s book cracked open this idea that storytelling is a framework A process The seven steps he lays out things like defining a hero identifying their problem being their guide make it feel less like magic and more like something anyone can learn It s like he s saying Look stories aren t about you They re about making someone else feel like they matter That hit me hard because if I m being honest that s not how I usually communicate I ve always just assumed people would understand where I m coming from if I explain things clearly enough Spoiler they don t The weirdest thing was how much this clicked with parenting My kids don t respond to commands Do your homework is a dead end But when I started framing things differently like making them the center of a little story with their own choices and consequences it suddenly felt like we were on the same team They re the heroes I m just the guide I don t always get it right and sometimes I slip back into my old habits of barking orders or oversimplifying things But when I manage to stick to the plan it works It really works The truth is storytelling still feels unnatural to me I m not sure it ever won t But the book made me realize that stories are about clarity and connection It s not perfect and neither am I but it s a start And honestly it s been enough to change the way I talk to my kids which is more than I expected from a book about marketing