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Jay Golden

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Jay Golden is an author, leadership story coach, book coach and founder of Retellable. For 12 years, Jay has coached leaders, led storytelling trainings, and crafted stories for clients such as Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Rainforest Action Network.

Jay has spoken on several continents about leadership storytelling. He has also appeared on CNN, Fox News, and at the Conference on World Affairs. When he’s not working, Jay can be found walking the hills of Southern Oregon, swimming in lakes and rivers, or sharing stories with his wife and two kids.

His first book, Retellable, explores how stories work and how leaders can make stories work for them,in order to deliver lasting insights and catalyze change.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jay Golden I was really scared to start. Staring at the blank page. So I got some support from a friend who also does speech writing and she helped me take my wo…moreI was really scared to start. Staring at the blank page. So I got some support from a friend who also does speech writing and she helped me take my workshop into a speech. I started the book by doing that speech to my friends and business community, and then having it transcribed. This helped me overcome the big challenges of the blank page. Once I had some material, it was a lot easier to work with.
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Jay Golden Having something really complete. It's a rewarding thing, to be able to hand my book to friends and clients, and to get the reviews, one by one. I was…moreHaving something really complete. It's a rewarding thing, to be able to hand my book to friends and clients, and to get the reviews, one by one. I wasn't able to call myself a writer before I finished, even though I had published articles, written web shows, and had done a lot of speech writing. But finally, having this work that I developed for so long come to completion, that was very rewarding. (less)

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	Retellable: How Your Essential Stories Unlock Power and Purpose 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kathy Whitworth's Little Book of Golf Wisdom by Jay Golden (Goodreads Author), Jay Golden (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kathy Whitworth's Little Book of Golf Wisdom: A Lifetime of Lessons from Golf's Winningest Pro by Kathy Whitworth, Jay Golden (Goodreads Author) (Primary Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Retellable Story Journal: Gather Your Most Precious Stories \| Shape Your Insights and Life Lessons \| Revitalize Your Communications \| Improve Your ... Memoir Writing, and Career Development really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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2012-2021: The Dawn of the Sixth Sun: The Path of Quetzalcoatl

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“Facts were delivered twenty-five times more often than stories. And yet it was the stories—not the facts—that were remembered.”
― Jay Golden, Retellable: How Your Essential Stories Unlock Power and Purpose

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“The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: on-writing, storytelling

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“To hell with facts! We need stories!”
― Ken Kesey

tags: storytelling

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