Hi friends 👋,
Welcome to the third edition of Bulut Points, where I share a few things that I found most interesting, exciting, or useful with you.
Before we dive in, I want to tell you about something exciting that’s going on in my life at the moment.
A long time ago, I attended the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennesse as a young college student. I remember listening to this one particular storyteller and being completely enchanted by her story and more so, by the ease and the elegance and the mastery of her skill.
The storyteller is Shonaleigh and she is the bearer of an oral storytelling tradition called Drut’syla. From the moment I met her, I knew I wanted to learn the craft of storytelling from her one day.
Well, that day has finally come after perhaps more than a decade. Today was the first day of the workshop. I’m taking the week off work to participate and waking up at 5 AM my time. (The course is virtual but runs on English time.)
This workshop is not your classic “business storytelling” workshop where you learn to deliver presentations at work or prepare pitch decks. No, this is quite off the beaten path. It’s a workshop focusing on folktales, myths, and legends. It’s about a specific way of learning and telling stories.
I’m so excited and can’t wait to share more with you when the workshop is over.
BULUT POINTS
Fear to Love, by Patrick Buggy: I’m always in search of the simple, but not necessarily easy practices. Patrick Buggy outlines one such exercise here to shift one’s mind from fear to love with great examples from various areas of life such as health, career, and relationships.
The Three Paradoxes of Life, by Mark Manson: In his classic, unique, unapologetic voice, Mark Manson drops some wisdom on us with this article and provides clarity on solving three of life’s most important paradoxes: stability versus change, commitment versus freedom, and individuality versus conformity.
Good Goals, by Michael Siliski: Goals have been tricky for me, personally as well as professionally. Just to start with .. do I even set them or not? If I do, how rigidly do I want to stick to them? Do I set realistic ones and build my confidence as I achieve them, or do I set really aspirational ones (10X goals, moonshot goals, Big Hairy Audacious Goals) but deal with the overwhelm? This article is a great primer on what good goals look like, why, and how to set them.
I hope you enjoy these Bulut Points and let me know what you think in the comments.
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Mark Manson's piece was absolute gold. Thanks a lot Türker!
Love the foray into traditional storytelling...I've seen some truly amazing storytellers, especially when I worked at a library. Hope you tell us all about it!