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Foreign everywhere.

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Pastor Bob Thibodeau here.

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Welcome to the Faith Based Business podcast.

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Today we're so blessed you're joining us.

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Today we're going to talk about storytelling, storytelling with a purpose.

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Now we're going through this to help you build out the kingdompreneur experience.

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Amen.

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So if you missed any of the prior episodes, go back and catch up.

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Let's jump right into today's episode.

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Because you know, your personal story, folks, it's really a testimony of God's faithfulness.

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If you want to get right down to it, you know, share how your faith journey has helped your, your business and your mission and how you do what you do.

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Let me go ahead and share this screen.

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We'll jump right into it.

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Amen.

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So you know when you are storytelling with a purpose, when you do that, you are down there so I can see you, right?

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You're sharing your mission.

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It gives your clients a reason to connect with your vision on a basically a spiritual level.

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You cannot grow your business folks, your client base and all that with them believing in you, your integrity, your ability to help them.

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They need to know that, they need to understand it, they need to believe that.

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So in order to do that, you just need to be authentic in everything you're doing.

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Amen.

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Now, client success stories basically demonstrate the real world impact of what you do.

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Your work.

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Highlighting these stories shows your potential clients how you help others achieve their transformation.

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When your mission aligns with their goals, your clients will become basically living examples of your business's effectiveness and their purpose stories will also allow you a powerful way to address client challenges.

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Things that they experience, things that they want to overcome.

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Just share examples of how you solved similar problems for others, positioning your service as the solution.

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This approach resonates emotionally and builds trust as clients are able to see themselves in the story that you're telling.

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Think about some of the, the parables of Jesus.

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We'll use that as an example.

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This is the exact method you, you would use to get them to see through their eyes of faith into what's possible.

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Why is that?

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Well, if you could get them to see, the answer is already achieved by faith.

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They now have something to work with.

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And you do the same thing with your clients.

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Amen.

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That's all Jesus did.

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He got them to use their eyes of faith to see what was possible.

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And then tell them, now, as you believe in your heart, that's how it'll be right?

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So you need to do the same thing.

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Amen.

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But to do that, you have to keep Your stories.

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Relatable.

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Relatable stories are definitely more impactful.

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And, you know, just avoid being overly complex, I mean, overly complex narratives by focusing too much on your success.

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Oh, look at all this stuff I've done.

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Don't do that.

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Instead, center your story on shared experiences.

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Bring them into the story.

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Emphasize how your values and services align with their needs.

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This relatability will foster a deeper emotional connection.

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And, you know, when I attend training, there's nothing that turns me off faster than the host spending 20 minutes, sometimes more, telling us their rags to riches story.

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I don't care, okay?

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Period.

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I know they're trying to prove to the attendee that in some form or fashion, they know what they're talking about.

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I get that.

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That's the purpose of it.

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But do I really need to know that?

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No.

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Do I need to see pictures and stories of their mansion and their fancy cars and their private airplanes and.

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And how they're speaking on stages in front of thousands of people?

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No.

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Why?

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Why are they doing these?

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What.

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What is their motivation to do this?

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What.

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What are they doing in these situations?

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What they're doing, I guess you could say, is they're trying to create the vision that this could be you.

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Okay, I get that.

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I get that.

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But just like a.

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Just like I despise car salesmen when I go shopping for a car, okay, I want to see what I want to see, and then I want to talk to someone.

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But what happens as soon as.

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You know, I only go car shopping about once every 10 or 12 years.

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10 or 12?

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Oh, yeah, yeah.

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Why is that?

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Because the idea of a typical car salesman.

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Now, if you're a car salesman, I apologize for stereotyping you, okay?

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But just like the multi millionaire giving a presentation using the extreme example, you know, that's exactly what I just did.

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I know each and every one of you is just what I said about the used car salesman or car salesman.

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You're shaking your head in agreement right now, right?

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Why?

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Because everyone has experienced this in some form or cash.

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You know, now there's great car salesmen out there.

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I just bought a new car last year, okay?

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My old one finally up and died.

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But, you know, I said, I.

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I believe in paying them off and driving them till they're ready to clonk out on you.

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You know, but that's just my personal sentiments on driving a car.

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But everyone has experienced this sense of dread when you're going to look for a car.

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Amen.

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And this is usually what you think of.

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There's people like this that are in the pictures right now, right?

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But why did I say all that?

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Don't tell them your rags to riches story and making yourself like you know, you know, you.

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You'll never achieve my greatness.

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Well, you could, but you'll never achieve my greatness without my help.

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You know that's what they're trying to tell you, right?

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No.

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Tie the stories back to your mission.

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Every story you share should reinforce your business's mission and your business's values.

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Let me say that again.

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Every story you share should reinforce your business's mission and values.

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Whether it's your testimony or a client success story.

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Connect it back to the bigger picture, okay?

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Your commitment to serving others and glorifying God, that should be the big picture you're tying every story to.

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This keeps your storytelling focused, folks.

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Focused and purposeful.

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Now in the next episode, we're going to go ahead and explore how to design a kingdom centered client journey that inspires transformation at every single step along the way.

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Is it clarifying any questions that you may have had?

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Amen.

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Let me go ahead and stop this share.

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I appreciate you staying tuned.

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Like I said, drop down the konos, leave a comment, ask your questions, let me know what you think.

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Whatever platform you're watching this on right now, praise God till next time passed about reminding you to be blessed in all that you do.