Keep it short & simple to set the scene. Just cover the bare facts that your reader needs to know in order to understand your message. Also remember a powerful hook for your audience.
Tell me, when was the last time you did something for the first time? This is a question that probably stumps all of us a little because not a lot of us try new things and we what to stay in are confront zone. But we should try new things and go out of are confront zone.
The Story
This is the main storytelling component. Use descriptive, emotive words to take your audience on a journey.
When I was nine I had the chance to go in the Geelong relay team, it looked fun but I thought I would be the slowest there and it would be to hard so I didn’t want to go my mum persuaded me to go …show more content…
The unfamiliar makes us nervous in a way that is hard to describe. The act of leaving our comfort zone puts us in a un safe position, and leaves us with a rush of questions running through our heads. We ask ourselves Should I be doing this? Can I do this? Do I look stupid? What am I doing? While it may not feel like it, this is normal and it is good. Too often we let the fear of the unknown stop us. However, pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones is actually good for us. Trying new things not only helps us it also gets rid of those fears. Then there is the rush. There is nothing quite like or as special as the thrill of a new experience. In fact, as reported by psychologist Rich Walker, who looked at countless event memories: “People who engage in a variety of experiences are more likely to retain positive emotions and minimize negative ones than people who have fewer experiences?” The idea of the comfort zone goes back to a classic experiment in psychology. Back in 1908, psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John D. Dodson explained that a state of comfort created a steady level of performance. However, to maximise performance we need to try new