UNDERRATED STORYTELLING HACK: Document your stories
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- Опубликовано: 1 апр 2025
- 🤷♂️Most people struggle to tell 5 stories about themselves.
It's not that you don't have interesting stories, you just don't take the time to note them down!
Moving forward in your life, anything that emotionally MOVES you, take out your phone and capture the story. Try to capture every element of the story such as- what happened- when it happened- who was involved- where it took place- dialogue- themes- the point of the story.
These are core elements you should capture to tell a good story!
Practice becoming a great collector of stories and you'll become a better storyteller.
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LOL iphones are 80% samsung thats why you like them ....do yourself a favor stay in the speech stuff
ur the story
Won't take classes from an apple fanboy 😂
I understand why you're going viral by teaching people basic communication. Something ideally taught in school. Cz your audiences are IoS users 🤣
As someone with a pretty bad memory, I think I should genuinely start documenting the interesting stuff in my life more. I don’t think I’ll ever want to forget those moments.
That's pretty much a journal/diary 😁 It's amazing to come back and read after few months or even years. You should definitely go for it!
Ypu dont have to document it to yourself
You can text it to a friend or talk about it immediately after it happens and practice that way.
I highly recommend it. It's like getting a free recharge when you go through it later. I actually picked it up from David Goggins though he calls it "cookie jar" so when you need it, just reach it. That's how I started but I keep encountering this theme in various forms even in memory technique books
Same dude
😅
The key to being a great storyteller is knowing the audience you’re telling it to
One part - out of ten.
People dont know what they want, in my opinion is just self confidence
Cant always be a pleaser, some love the oppesite 😜
So I have to investigate all my audience information before they enter the show ? You share YOUR story not THEIR story. 100 people come to the show with 100 differences purpose and 100 differences personality, you can't know everyone, the only one you know in there is you.
Yes humans. Its avout vringing your emotions in play that u felt from that situation. If they can't relate or understand, your audience is AI.
When he said iPhones were superior that was a great fictional story.
Yes true, i shall document it now
I shall indeed capture it
"Much more superior" he says
😂 Yeah, that iPhone part was quite humorous.
LMAO!! ANDROID ARMY BABY!!
This is one of those rare occasions where I actually, really appreciate what I've learned from a RUclips short
Well then maybe you should re consider what channels you follow and what videos you watch. Because the recommendations on your homepage are tailored to your preferences. You seem to be into a lot of useless stuff.
@@DiamondWhite91😂
@@DiamondWhite91😂
@DiamondWhite91 not really shorts it's what ever the algorithm pushes just like for the last week I've been recommended dozens of blackjack shorts when I've never searched for anything gambling related
Honestly this is great advice. I'm so caught up in my daily life that I forget details to things that happen to me in the day, and when I go to story tell it's never that captivating.
People used to call that 'keepin a diary'.
Guess that's also another reason why he is a great storyteller. If he said 'keep a diary', It would not be as interesting as it would be.
More like a selective diary. No worries, no moments of boredom
@@abdhulhackul2620that would be my answer and the conversation ends 🤣
It's not really a diary, though. Diaries are more mundane, this is specifically to document an important moment and important overall information to create a story from it.
Or a journal
"If it emotionally moved you." OK. This makes sense now that I don't have stories to tell because I am emotionally dead.
My mom says I am like that too because of " tHAt DaMn PhoNE"
@@shadowgiohacker3445😂😂😂😂😂 lol ikrrr
@@shadowgiohacker3445 Your phone is bad for your memory and it dulls your emotions.
@@shadowgiohacker3445 Phones and social media do more harm than good. Stats & data don't lie and don't care about your feelings or opinions.
Hit the gym, mate. Whatever shit you're going through in life, just keep going. You're a legend. All the best
Today, I heard the mail man fumbling with my letterbox and then heard the letters fall on the floor. I walked in to the hall, picked them up and placed them on the kitchen countertop. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. I'll see you all tomorrow.
This man gon have thousands of war stories to tell his grandchildren. The toilet paper battle, the great amazon fire, operation slap chris rock
this is extra funny because this dude does do ted talks
😂
you make fun but eventually if you do this enough you'll be the best storyteller in your family man lol.
You understood the assignment.
I always tell my students to tell stories using the basic questions. Details are what paints the picture and emotions are what animates it.
I’ve always suffered because I can’t recite events clearly. I feel like this will be in the top five best pieces of advice I’ve gotten.
No cap
The problem isn't not having stories - it's not knowing how to tell them!
I remember not knowing how to tell a story. I was fresh out of highschool. I needed a way to naturally introduce myself to others. Because especially in casual situations, just stating details about myself would feel like I'm being interviewed. As I was watching a movie on my telly, a lightbulb moment hit me. I should introduce myself with stories. I have a ton of stories, I wondered which ones I should use. So I start by classifying them. I figured that I should have stories that put myself in a good light, stories that put someone I know in a good light, and a story where I messed up to show that I'm human and allow the listeners to not shell up. I did some preacticing with telling the stories. See how friends react to stories I tell. I found out my stories have good "pull". I'm also good with keeping them interested. But I found that I'm bad with ending a story. They're usually quite abrupt.
I think this is true... I had a friend who would tell us a certain instance in his life that was probably slightly funny in person but 100 times more funny when he described it. He wasn't taught how to do this it was just natural for him.
I'm not eloquent enough to tell good stories, some people are just born with the charisma to make the day to day sound interesting.
@@cal5566 I had to learn how to tell stories and learn what people want to hear.
For me definitely its not to remember them...
This guy prepares for every social interaction he has. Tuf life
"if you fail to plan, you plan to fail" 💡🎯
I get a fake feeling coming out of this asian glasses blonded man. He sure is good at letting his mouth do work but he spews out high school advice. "You all would panic" what? The guy next to him looked annoyed.
@@RickySmithNow yeah but not in every situations
@@dolaaal I don't get your point. If you want to explain it to me, I'm listening :)
@@lucasteganox9049it's self explanatory. It's a statement not a story.
That's the best I've heard in a long time with respect to social media and storytelling. Thank you for being concise. I will definitely check out your course.
“Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes”
Together, we can stop this
I’m writing this down
WHO: Africans
WHAT: Minutes passing
WHERE: Africa
WHEN: Every 60 seconds
DIALOGUE: “Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes”
Story successfully captured.
@@dahuchsi i know what I’m about son 🍻
Huh😅👏🤣
This is a rare case when the speaker actually answer the question directly, without beating around the bush. So simple but precise. Ronald Reagan, a great story teller, he himself has story bank captured in cue cards that he could use anytime he want.
This shows that Vinh Giang really knows what he's talking about.
Theo Von’s note list must be insane
Ye no, that's an example of a person that's doesn't need to write shit on their phone to remember a funny story
@@richardofprague9465I think he has one book of them, maybe. Mark Normand has decaying notes of jokes on his back pockets. Ronald Reagan stack stories in cue cards on his presidential desk. My theory is, the one that has good note is a good story teller coz his story will complete in plots and has full details to make the story interesting.
Gang Gang!!
That's a great idea. But Androids are the best! 😂
Indeed, they are limitless 👍
Triggered baby by one word.
I was the same...Android is better !
doesnt have airdrop
@@molratdoesnt have bluetooth sharing, headset port . Also we can throw our phone in air and we dont even care . Better camera , battery life , can game so hard all within the price of iphone . ( ALSO WE GET TO HAVE ADAPTER)
@@molratairdrop is the stupidest thing ever
Something that is emotional moving becomes more potent in your memory.
'Much more superior ' spoken like a true I phone user
This guy has so much confidence, even when he's wrong
Professional bullshitter
Why is he wrong?
@@jeftevalencia7322 Was mostly an Android > iPhone joke
@@mnemosftbcope
@@jeftevalencia7322about iphone being superior
A wise man once said that people who don't know how to use a phone use an iPhone.
That wise man was Andy Roid.
@@borntodoit8744 He was actually my technology teacher and was a reasonable man
@@borntodoit8744 ios is actually easier to use (if I know right) but android is more free and customizable(?). I mean the difference is android is like a rooted ios and you are more free to do what you want if you know what you are doing.
I used to be android guy for a long time.. But then I bought myself an iPhone and I won't go back
@@mehmetakn8407I don't understand why people say IOS is easier to use? Both are just grids of apps, which all work the exact same. Both you just swipe down to get notifications and control panel.
IOS vs Android is like comparing two models of one car brand, they're almost the same with a few small differences
What a great idea! I’m visiting family for three days, and when I go back home I know everybody is going to want to hear the details. This will help me remember the small emotional moments. I’ve just begun recording. On my iPhone!
Am sorry to hear that.
@@megamind4155lmao
I’m not sure what megamind is getting at, either they are missing the picture entirely or are too immature to emotionally handle themselves in any higher educated discussion.
@@userzi8ui6yi7d we're not sure what you're getting triggered at 💀💀
Anytime I come across interesting stories or interesting facts, I'm excited to tell others, almost immediately or if it comes across my mind in a conversation. It improves my story telling abilities and my ability to recall facts better. I've been told so many times that I need to write a book about my own ups and downs in life.
Just do it then!:)) 🙌🏻
The greatest story tellers I know just know it off the top of their head. If it's a story worth your time, you'll remember it.
I have been doing this for 8 years. I am always the most interesting guy in rooms. Plus my life is of fun and I love interacting with people.
i am into IT course training.this is story i created how do you rate it
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Share your, story bank plz, as i am practice Storytelling😊
If you asked my granddad “tell me a story” you wouldn’t be out of the table for hours, even if you asked it every day for a year straight. We need to gain back the ability to appreciate the life. R.I.P grand papa.
The thing is I grew up in a family that never listen to what I say. So I always speak so little with other people, think that what I have to say is not worth listening to. Or when I speak quite a lot, I speak too fast, afraid someone will interrupt me.
This is literally me.
i feel you
You already identified the problem, you are past the hard part. The easiest part is solving it.
Heyy i just wanted to say i was just like that but i overcame it and overcame and so many other problems by myslef
So if u wannt any tips,im there to help!
@@israhmanal8296 Can you help me? I think it's getting worse now I'm unable to speak up at all. I gave up. I tell my family about the issues then the next second they forget about it. Always.
Android > iOS
fax
Facts
Bozo, iPhone is superior.
@@pbateman1234neither make a fax. That's IBM.
Cope Android users
I've started doing this a couple months ago during a bad motorcycle wreck. I'm on my way to becoming a stand up comedian
The key to being a good story teller is being born with the gift, you can technically learn to tell stories good but the more natural the gift the better. Look at all the greatest comedians in history, they didn’t try hard, it just came to them naturally.
Your words are so valuable that you may be raising your own competition. I would like to learn how not to be your competition but your ally and partner eventually. You deserve recognition!
I don't think vinh cares about competition or being the best. To think that you're competing with everyone is to set yourself up for failure. There is always someone better.
Why do you want/need to compete? I don't understand..
@@hartinihummelink8023 if you really read my comment you'd know that I do NOT wish to compete, but I guess you read what you wanted to
@@AdrenalineandEpiphany I appreciate your comment and Vinh teaches the importance of being in competition. Competition and synergy are not mutually exclusive. Competing is not about becoming the greatest of all time. It is about having an opposite number to motivate you not to settle for mediocre or even better than average.
I love this! As the scripture says..."Iron shapernes iron". We all need to bounce off of someone in order to become the best of ourselves.... To become an ally with someone to strengthen you is so critical! I pray and hope you become surrounded with such support to move you to the next level in your life❤
Im 31 and I never heard anyone ask someone else to tell them a story.
Sad
I'm usually the person who asks. Very few people actually follow through and tell me one. The majority get hung up on how "odd" my requesting of a story is. I ask soley to see the response and if they happen to entertain my request, well then that's a bonus.
Well. Ya. People want to tell their stories. But they don't want to listen.
To be a great storyteller you have to have great experiences.
exactly
And great experience documentation is needed as well.
really????? Naaaaaaahhhhh??? Fr?????? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😩
You rlly don’t. Great storytellers make anything seem fascinating, even if it’s not. There’s ppl that have done so much that simply won’t know how to communicate it, whereas someone who has that gift or has learnt that ability will make something small like idk going to the club seem a huge one in a lifetime experience
@@pazthepole2814youre right. Great experiences are subjective. One persons great experience can be another persons boring or even depressing experience. Its what you would want to take out from the situation. Theres always something to get out from a situation
as someone who isnt that great at talking publicly or being the center of attention, this dude is definitely the most useful person I’ve ever seen on shorts. in every single one of his videos i gain a little more knowledge that i know will be useful for me. idc if he sees it or not I APPRECIATE YOU ASKVINH
This chanel is pure gold!
*liquid gold
I’ve seen 3 videos of this guy and it gets better everytime.
Getting my expectations satisfied, which isn’t common.
Great knowledge and advise there, keep it up, appreciate them.
He didn’t even answer the question
Fr I think that diaries are great to do, we learn how to compose our speech and at the same time store memories.
Yes, I haven't started a single one. 🗿
Admitting and accepting is a great habit!
This 100%. Start easy, find one mildly amusing story you like to share. Write down everything you remember about it. Then figure out what details you want to include and what to leave out. That way you know how to tell it without trying to gather info while telling the story.
If you didn't notice, this guy is really proving to be a master class in communication with the recent settings of his videos. A ted talk or presentation doesn't stick as much as an informal setting like this, because it automatically feels more like something a buddy is telling you, which keys in to a more emotional recollection of the information presented.
Also the busy sounds tend to switch your filters and busy mind over to cutting out those noises and helps you subconsciously focus more on what he's saying
I’m not going to tell you the stories that emotionally moved me if we aren’t even friends yet good friends at that
why
I will from today, thank you Winn for the great idea
this works if you tell somebody else your story as well, the reason why we won't tell them on the spot is because of missing keywords.
One of my favorite stories that always comes to mind when someone says tell me a story is about how when I was younger, I used to always take the bus to school. One friday afternoon, last day before summer holidays, nobody said "enjoy your holidays" or "see you in two weeks" so it didn't click for me.
On the following monday, I woke up and went ro school normally, not knowing i was on holidays. It was after 7 bus stops and a still empty bus that I asked the driver "why is the bus empty" to which he looked at me all surprised and said "... aren't you supposed to be on school holidays?"
This didn't tell me how to be a better storyteller.
But, this was a very valuable piece of advice that I just implemented.
Thanks.
I love how this guy thinks. Very philosophical. Such a great idea.
Just remember the stories that got the most laughs with the boys. The ones you tell when youre relaxed, the ones that got a lot of energy.
Its not hard to come up with a story without having to buy the worst brand of smartphone.
Iphones are not superior to Androids, that's nonsense.
Completely agree
Yeah what he said was pretty anti semetic
@@anthonydelange4128wut
It's just a joke because I guess most of business people use iphones
IPhones are better than androids for people who don't understand technology
This is actually beautiful but for a different reason IMO. Its also why i think pictures are amazing. There are so many memories that we have stored in our brain, and there may be a story that we thought of for the last time and will never think of it again. However sometimes i go through my camera roll and its literally like going through memory lane and basically recalling my whole life. A single picture can make you recall that memorie and that leads to recalling how you felt and makes you feel that way again :D
So my advice, take one picture of an event in your life that moved you. And you dont have to take the pic during the event, if you were at a concert you can take the picture on the way there or on the wy back, and the pic will work as a key to unlock the memory whenever u want :D
Mahn just thanks a lot! im that kind of person who loves taking pics,its not just a pic for me but a memory ofc..each pic holds meaning but the prob part is my gallery is filled with so many pics bcz i take it for everything.
So maybe later on,i shid try taking pic of something memorable or something that i want to cherish and store it in my notes so i can remeber memories from that particular events alone and i live writing poems but dont get a topic lol so wditing a poem abt it wud be improving my poem skills as well..Ive got this idea from u so thabks lol and im naturally very observant.
Love*
@@israhmanal8296 Wow that sounds so cool!! And also sounds like a great Plan! :D
@Irapa7 Haha thankss!♡ Nice how we can still share ideas and keep things as memories despite all the bad effects of social media's.I like to be a very thoughtful person tho not many ppl care or make fun lol.i just try to find meaning behind everything..Good dayy mate!
Do u write poems too?
I do this quite regularly and you’d be amazed at how you’ll look back 2/3 years ago and see an amazing event in your life that you all of a sudden remember every detail to. Seeing moments from years ago that you don’t remember at all is a bit crazy when you first go back because you don’t realize just how much goes on in your life that is never remembered.
He’s voice is amazing, I could listen to him all day
his, fyi
Start every story with “the last time I shit my pant was..” hooks em every time.
Bro just described a diary
True. And novels are just someone else's diaries.
I think you mean journaling
@@joshualytle1 that's probably the word I'd choose 👍
Thanks for sharing Vinh💯
#To be a great storyteller you must become a great collector of stories.
You can have the greatest collection of stories on the planet and still be a shit story teller. This was utter nonsense.
He has a way of making the mundane seem profound.
I'm so happy I found your videos; great content! This is helpful for those of us who don't really understand social communication and detest typical small talk.
So, in essence. Keep a journal, diary. At the end of the day, just write on it. Make it a routine to just document the impactful things that happen during the day or the week so that you can reflect on them and tell them later on.
Thanks for telling me to document my memories❤ actually im someone who forgets literally everything and cannot even remember what i ate this morning😂
"Though I live iPhones, they are much more superior" Honestly man I got huge respect to what you do but man you aren't great with technology or market options...
Ya Android>>> iPhone anyday
Incredible Advice ! When I will deal with lazyness to type it in notes that can improve my storytelling and small talks to a very different level. Thanks !
not the first time ive heard this. It's true. I'm trying to become a writer myself and one of the most important game changing pieces of information i ever came across is to have a story dump folder somewhere. A place where you can write ideas, stories, experiences without the pressure of making it sound clean for writing. That alone has done allot for me and i deff recommend it for anyone, even if you're not trying to be a writer
Even better, make a folder called Journal or Stories. You can have many note folders 😉
Yes and you can pull it out and rehearse before Xmas dinner and social events with people your desperate to impress 👍..getting a personality is the best start!
@@Vimptocandle telling stories is sharing experiences. For the purpose of learning lessons from them. Yes some do tell stories for ego and self gratification and these are usually filled with lies and are easy to spot. Not everyone’s out here “to show off”. Stories have lessons in them.
I think that’s called a journal
Or dairy
@@ElAnvaBar That’s milk my guy
@@eliaskjrbo8142🤣
Lmao
More specifically, emotional journaling
This is why Journaling is so important.
How can you be a good story TELLER
One guy: search for a story
this was actually very useful advice.. when im looking for things of this nature this is exactly the information i'm looking for.. a lot of people fail at this
This is the kind of co-worker you don't want.
absolutely
The gossiper. Taking things happened to other people and making stories out of them to earn social currency.
Once I got on the bus and all of a sudden I smelt strong shit flavor from the guy beside me. I said loudly: "Damn bro! You smell like shit!" I took another seat, yet the shitty scent remained. Then I realized that I am the one that stepped on shit. I got off on the next stop and walked 3 miles to home. That moved me deeply.
Loved your story man!!!!😂 It moved me deeply as well
And yet, I absolutely hate it when someone I just met tells me a story.
One of the basic tenets of public speaking is to connect with the audience and that's best achieved through storytelling So, this isn't about telling stories to strangers at parties, this is about having material at hand when crafting a presentation.
I just read a book recently about charisma. They had a very similar idea to this. They said write down the most commonly asked questions that you get asked when you first meet a person. For example, what do you do for a living? Work on it? Write it out and come up with an amazing answer. So the next time people ask you that you have a way above average cool answer.
You are the ONLY person I won't argue iphone vs Android because you are so wholesome and your content is inspiring and helpful
I have many stories, never forget things in my life. Amazes me when I bring up things and friends forgot everything about that day.
I prefer Samsung. The end.
If something really moves you emotionally, you should have automatically captured it within you!
How to talk to a table without actually saying anything
This guy might be one of the best orators I’ve had the pleasure of hearing
He answered the question of how to collect more stories, but not how to tell a story well
Thank you so much for sharing this video. Because it’s true, we should document our days so that we can become better storytellers so again thank you.❤
I literally started this today. I don't plan on writing a memoir, but I wrote a 1 page 'story' about what inspired me to write my first SF book. I don't ever plan on telling that story, but in a way, it can be used an answer to what may very well be a common question from others: so why inspired you to write this book. Voila. A canned response and on the spot story all in one. I like the idea of the story bank as well. The next short should be the best formula for telling a quick story so as not to bore people. I have quite a few interesting things that happen to me, but have trouble 'hooking' people from start to end during the retelling of it.
First good short I've come across on youtube today
AWESOME! This is so awesome. I'm good story teller, and this idea is beyond value - limitless. I LOVE this This is one simple idea of great value which I have learned via RUclips
I have been doing this for awhile now, benefit I saw is that it helps me to remember the details better, bcs of the action of writing them down. And my biggest surprise is that some story wasn't actually interesting until I putting down in my note.
Even more better would be to write them down in a journal. By writing it down, you will remember it much better and would be much easier for you to tell it to others
Superior in making the same phone each year😂
Just now created this in my cell phone. Great advice
This guy is really good at talking, I would imagine thats all he has done his whole life.
I feel like this advise just changed my life.
Bro really thinks I'm emotionally moved every day... bruh my emotions so deeply buried from all the trauma I'm lucky to even notice if I feel anything that month.
yeah apart from that he gifted with such a beautiful voice, a pleasing to hear voice that everything he said people gonna listened to carefully
Thank you for giving such a wonderful things to us❤
Vinh bro is a walking talking motivation
The suttle android shade. 😂 I love him 😄 and I needed that laugh. I feel like he knew what he was doing. Lol
funny thing is... that's what i do now. I used to make as many "quotes" as i can think of and post it online which is my tiktok and it's public. Now i only do them whenever I'm really inspired on a certain day which is not as often, could be months between posts or even a year. But it's sort of a way for me to make like a journal like diary that everyone can see online.
It feels more authentic when i start doing it because it's something that i've experienced and i subtly present them online as a way of keeping track of my life whilst also rant.
If you have an emotional story for every day, you are living one exciting life
bro explained how you can write stuff down wow what a genius
Knowing me I’d forget to document the story, never mind forgetting the story.
The problem is that the stories which emotionally move me are not presentable or shouldn't be presented to little to no audiences or/and are not very good anyway
I think I have naturally achieved a good story telling sense
So TRUEEE!! I've just been making dream journals and vent journals, its just like making a digital diary 😂
he actually has a really got point here.
Just jornal your day, thats the point
Good Listener=Good speaker
Good Writer=Good Storyteller