Global Business Executive Michelle Desreux: How Story and Moving from Retired to Re-Fired Shaped Her Life. Join Us for Part 2!

<p>Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk. You’ll recognize yourself in these true-life stories of adversity, challenge, fear, discovery, adventure, expression, and more from women who are walking their lives while their lives walk them and the lasting difference their journeys have made. I’m your host, Diane Wyzga.  </p><p>Welcome back to Part 2 of the podcast interview with my guest, Michelle Desreux, my long time dear friend, storyteller and international business executive. We were talking about helping someone develop their own story voice when I asked Michelle, What is your own story voice?  Let’s hear what she has to say about that, making life changes by smidgens, and the newest chapter in her life she calls "Not Retired But Re-Fired."    </p><p><i>Minutes</i> 41:40</p><p><i>00 to 1:45    </i><strong>Intro</strong></p><p><i>1:45 to 5:00</i>     <strong>The Power of Story by Example and Story Voice</strong></p><p><i>For those of us who are not going to become certified coaches this notion of finding the question that listens the story out of the teller, that’s the direction you want to go in.  In this way you are helping someone develop their own story voice.<strong> Q: </strong>What do you think is your own story voice?</i></p><ul><li>What I most love doing is sharing not just “what to” ideas but “how to”</li><li>Advice books are off the mark with “how to”</li><li>The question of “Where do I begin?” is not often well answered by a list of what to do, 3 steps, 4 things, 7 tips</li><li>Yes, you can “begin anywhere” but that’s not very helpful either</li><li>What people could use is an example of what X could look like, and this happens with a story</li><li>The story could be your story, something you heard, an example of how it worked elsewhere</li><li>The best TED speakers begin with a story that provides the how to the what</li><li>Examples presented in story form (to gain something, do something, overcome something, etc.) are useful and practical</li><li>People