Encho was a famous storyteller. His tales of love touched everyone who hears them. When telling a war story, it was as if the listeners are right on the battlefield. One day he met Encho Tesshu Yamaoka, a layman who had almost reached the total command Zen. "I heard," said Yamaoka, "that you are the good storytellers of our country and make people laugh and cry at your leisure. Tell me about my favorite story, that of the Child Fishing. When I was little I slept next to my mother, and she often told me that story. In the middle of the story I fell asleep. Tell me how I said my mother. " Encho did not dare to face this test immediately. He asked for a little 'time to study. After several months went by Yamaoka and said, "Please give me the opportunity to tell the tale."
"Another day," said Yamaoka.
Encho he was very much disappointed. He continued to study and try again. Yamaoka sent him back many times. When Encho began to speak, Yamaoka interrupted him saying, "Do you still like my mother."
Encho took five years to be able to tell the tale as Yamaoka had they told her mother.
(Photo credit: k.Akagami)
This story is taken from Zen fiordacqua and introduces us to the Telling Problem, which is the art of transforming problems narratives in interesting . Many have a problem when they run to tell relatives or friends or close. Others fill their board in Facebook to do it. Still others go on TV to talk about it. Why, they say, when there is a problem we should not keep him inside but express it. The opportunity today to tell the problems are many and really spend much time doing it: about half our time is devoted to discussion of this or that problem at work, at home, with friends. These are sometimes happy to participate in the discussion of one or more problems, but many times or are bothered or do not have time to discuss them. But the recount problems (rather than the listener) or agitation is one of the prominent activities of the media as well as users of the internet.
But really the first thing to do when problems occur is telling the story? The answer is yes and no. Yes, because this helps us to define the problem , which is the first big step to take. No, because most of the time we do not know you tell us about problems, not even really know what they are, we confuse them with conditions or goals or false problems, and more. We then describe the problems as long as you learn to tell . And the talk shows do not help in this, as even, unfortunately, much discussion. Encho, despite being a storyteller, a professional storyteller needs to study, time and evidence before he could tell a story as simple as telling stories of her mother Yamaoka. Mind you that the history issue and the two terms are interchangeable: each story is a problem and every problem has a story. Think of Romeo and Juliet : without the problem of opposition from their families where the marriage would be the story? The problem is telling the art that comes to the rescue at the beginning of our problem to define and present themselves and to others (and less dramatic). But above all, helps us in the end, when our problem, made it interesting at this point, be "sold" to all those who have put money into a project, those who must carry it out, those who must make a decision. And here is the problem telling gives his best practices and providing tools to make our problem something plausible, seductive and convincing. Think of how beautiful, magnificent, seductive not appear the huge wooden horse left by Ulysses on the beach. E 'with it that the Greek siege of Troy solved the problem once and for all.
(image: Procession of the Trojan horse in a painting by Tiepolo )
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