Story Prompts
Look again at your Story Finder results.
Identify your highest and lowest scoring rule.
Next, look at the story prompts that correspond to your highest and lowest scores, as those prompts are likely to lead you toward good stories you have to tell.
If Be Normal was your:
lowest score:
Tell a story about a time you failed to speak up and the effect that it had on you and others, and how you feel today about not having spoken up at the time.
highest score:
Or tell a story about a time that you did speak up, even though you were hesitant or scared to do so, and what the result was.
If Avoid Mistakes was your:
lowest score:
Tell a story about a time that you didn’t take an opportunity that was presented to you because of the risk involved and you regretted missing the opportunity later.
highest score:
Or tell a story about a time you took a risk and it either paid off or led to something you learned that you would not have learned any other way.
If Be Independent was your:
lowest score:
Tell a story about a time that you didn’t ask for help when you needed it, and what effect that had on you.
highest score:
Or tell a story about a time that you were hesitant to ask for help, but you did—and the result that came from requesting it.
If Stay Comfortable was your:
lowest score:
Or tell a story about a time that you didn’t make the effort with something that mattered and what happened as a result.
highest score:
Tell a story about a time that you got out of your comfort zone, made a big effort, and how it paid off.
If Pretend You Don’t Matter was your:
lowest score:
Tell a story about a time that you ignored your own significance in a situation and gave yourself less credit than you deserved, or told yourself that you couldn’t make a difference in a situation and took a back seat. What was the result? How did it make you feel?
highest score:
Or a story about a time you got involved and made a difference in someone’s life or in a circumstance that surprised you with how influential you could be.
If Stay in Control was your:
lowest score:
Tell a story about a time that you tried to dominate or control someone in a situation that backfired and you realized you had been too heavy-handed, or lost the goodwill of someone by behaving too forcefully, or demandingly.
highest score:
Or, tell a story about a time that you let go of control and invested your attention in understanding or listening to somebody that made a big difference, for you, for them, or for the situation at hand.
If Be Popular was your:
lowest score:
Tell a story about modifying your opinion, way of dressing, vision, or behavior in the hopes of gaining popularity with a group or person and the effect that had on you, and the outcomes that it led to.
highest score:
Or a story about a time that you went against a cultural or group trend, opinion, or point of view to walk your own path, stand for a vision, cause, or approach, and the effect that had on you, or the outcomes that it led to.
Story Finder Scores
Now that you’ve taken the story finder quiz, you’ll want to know what your results mean and what to do with them.
The main purpose of the test is to help you know where to look to find your best stories.
Here’s how it works.
Your scores will look something like this. (Of course your exact individual scores will differ.)
What you’re looking for is your highest one or two scores.
A high score means you’re good at breaking the identified rule.
Individual rule scores below 45 are likely not where your best stories will come from. But anything over 75 is a very good indication of some good stories to harvest there.
Your individual rule scores rate on a scale of 0 - 100
Your total rule breaking score rates on a scale of 0 - 700
If your overall rule scores are above 550, you likely have a tremendous number of inspiring stories waiting for you tell and develop.
Scores between 350 and 550 are okay, but indicate you should spend as much time breaking rules to live a story worthy life as you do telling them.
Scores below 350 indicate you should probably focus just on breaking the 7 rules so that you can begin to create stories worth telling.