Stories Matter: Why You Need to Become a Better Storyteller

A good story is worth 1000 pictures.

Archit Garg
The Startup
Published in
4 min readAug 11, 2020

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Telling a compelling story helps you get your point across effectively else you get lost in translation.

Great stories happen to people that can tell them — Ira Glass

Storytelling is one must-have skill that can transform your career. Being able to create a narrative can help you get a new job, make you a better leader, win the loyalty and affection of audiences, create an unforgettable personal brand and turn your brand into a business legacy.

Here’s a personal data-driven story using the PIXAR Framework:

Once upon a time, there was a blog called ablogbyarchit 😜. Every day, for the first 4 days the blog published articles on Medium at exactly 6 am. Then one day, the blog decided to change the publishing time to 8 am. Because of that, the number of reads to its site increased by 30%. Because of that, the daily earnings of the Blog increased by 45%. Until finally, the blog decided to change the publishing time to 9 am every day.

Therefore, never underestimate the impact of a good story. A picture is worth a thousand words, but a good story is worth a thousand pictures. The human brain is a visual organ; thus, images…

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Archit Garg
The Startup

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