Never satisfied with just one label, Today’s guest, Chris Martin, Owner and Founder of Chris Martin Studio, became a coach, curiosity builder, and host of The Getting Work to Work Podcast. He is a man obsessed with courage, creativity, curiosity, and loves stories filled to the brim with heart, edge, and fearlessness and conversations with authentic people making a difference. Questions are only as powerful as the willingness to listen to and wrestle with the answers.
Let’s dive right into this conversation and learn how to become epic storytellers.
[00:01 - 07:22] Opening Segment
- Welcome back! And welcome Chris Martin
- A bit about Chris
- Chris gives us some background into his story
- Trying to answer what makes you unique
- Starting the conversation around uniqueness
- It starts with interest
- What gets you out of bed
- Look for what lights someone up
- The struggle with small talk
- Chris talks about why he loves storytelling so much
- Stories are powerful
- It can change people
- You can see the impact on a global level
[07:23 - 13:34] A Story Can Change a Life
- Why are stories so powerful
- We get to live another life without consequences
- Example with the movie Free Solo
- It’s how we’ve connected throughout history
- The key to telling a good story
- Have a character to connect to
- Have a change through a journey
- Being a business storyteller
- Know who’s telling the story and who’s telling yours
- The customer and yourself
- How has your business changed lives?
- The sales perspective
- The unknown factor in storytelling
- You don’t know what is going to be successful
- The story is just one part of the conversation
[13:35 - 20:10] Storytelling Mediums
- Telling a story through digital mediums
- You’re doing every element
- It’s more complicated
- Doing so much with so little
- Chris talks about digging out a story for a documentary and then sharing it digitally
- The company approaching first
- It’s more than just good work, you need to connect
- The Christmas tree farm example
- Using conversations to capture imagery
- Machinery example
- The hard conversations with clients
- Not understanding that the process takes hours
- A lot goes into even just 10 minutes
[20:12 - 31:40] Curiosity, The Art of Asking Questions
- Chris talks about the Five C’s
- Creativity, curiosity, craft, commitment, & connection
- Putting out values and defining them
- Chris talks about the art behind asking questions
- You have to actually think about what you want to know
- The kinds of questions and their value
- You have to listen to the said...
