INTRODUCTION
Your origin story is your backstory that reveals how you - the protagonist, became the leading character in your WorkLife story.
Comic books tell the story of how the characters gained their superpowers and the circumstances under which they became superheroes.
Like a comic book hero, your story needs a history that tells how you gained your superpowers and became a superhero in your WorkLife story.
In this lesson, you will learn to recognise the turning point or the moment of transformation in which your character (you) evolves in a significant way or embarks on a mission that must be completed.
You will learn to identify the events along the way where you recognised and took ownership of your superpowers that turned you into the Superhero of your Origin Story.
You will learn The Art of Insightful Self-Questions and Effective Self-Feedback.
You will learn to embrace and fine-tune your powers of Self-Awareness and Observation (superpowers in my book) through the Art of Journalling and Thinking.
You will learn how to use Take Ten as a way to get your initial thoughts out of your head and down in writing to help you explore your ideas and figure out your story.
You will learn how to Let Your Mind Wander and Wonder to help you think more deeply about what you want to say in developing your story.
You will learn how to use speaking practices to give you a sense of how your story sounds and flows. You will be encouraged to test out your story on a trusted audience before (perhaps) sharing it with a wider audience - should that be a mission you want to accomplish.
Through Jen’s story (the protagonist in the story/case study in this lesson), you will learn how to use The 5 Steps To Help You Create Your Powerful Origin Story.