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The Journey of Belief
Stories, Meaning, and the Journey from Interest to Commitment
Have you ever explained an idea clearly—and watched it go nowhere?
The other person understood your words. You answered the questions. Yet the conversation ended, and nothing changed. The distance between understanding and belief is where this book begins.
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Bring a conversation that matters to you.
You may be leading a team through change, helping a customer see a possibility, teaching something important, or trying to understand someone you love. You may also be reconsidering a story you have told yourself for years.
Drawing on experiences in business, leadership, faith, and family, Louis explores how curiosity, stories, and credibility help people discover meaning they can make their own.
Along the way, you’ll explore how to earn interest, discover why an idea matters in the listener’s world, make a different future believable, and leave room for people to express what it means to them.
Inside the book
Three parts. A journey you bring to life.
Stories and Meaning
Explore why stories matter, what they carry, and how curiosity helps us discover which stories are worth telling.
- I Never Expected to Be a Storyteller
- People Don’t Buy What They Understand
- Always Be Curious
- Stories Are Containers of Meaning
The Journey of Belief
Consider Interest, Relevance, Vision and Credibility, and Confirmation—and how they can shape a real conversation.
- Interest: Earn the Next Moment
- Relevance: Enter Their World
- Vision and Credibility: See It—and Trust It
- Confirmation: Belief Becomes Their Own
The Stories We Live and Leave
Examine the stories we tell ourselves, the meaning our leadership communicates, what we can learn from Jesus as a storyteller, and the stories our lives leave behind.
- The Stories We Tell Ourselves
- Leadership Is Storytelling
- The Master Storyteller
- Leave Meaning Behind
A question to carry into your next conversation.
What does this person believe now?
What do I hope they might believe after our conversation?
Before preparing what you want to say, spend a little time with the distance between those answers. What do you know about the other person’s experience? What might you still need to ask?
About Louis
Louis Richardson is a storyteller, teacher, and leader whose career has centered on helping people move from information to belief. His work has taken him from graphic arts and printing to technology, sales, and leadership, including serving as IBM’s Chief Storyteller.
He brings those experiences to questions of curiosity, trust, and the human meaning inside complex ideas.
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Continue the conversation.
What conversation came to mind as you read? If you’d like to explore how these ideas apply to your work, your team, or a question you’re carrying, I’d be glad to hear from you.