The 4 Stages of How Stories Take Root & Define “YOU”

Ian Gilligan
2 min readNov 10, 2020
How stories take root in your mind.
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1. THE SEED IS PLANTED: Your body reacts. ⁠⠀

Someone says mean things to you,
…takes credit for your work,
…inflicts physical pain upon you,
…looks at you wrong
…messes up your Starbucks order.

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