The Fox and The Grapes
- Episode #95
Lisa tells the tale of “The Fox and the Grapes” and explores its themes of perseverance and emotional intelligence. This timeless story offers a range of insights for entrepreneurs — from the pitfalls of rationalizing failure to the importance of resilience, innovation, and setting realistic goals.
Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business story-telling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to.
In each episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa tells a fairy or folk tale and then extracts rich business lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. As she puts it, a tiny tale of nine sentences can encompass worlds.
“Emotional intelligence is critical to becoming successful in business.”— Lisa Bloom
Following a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of Seven Stories That Sell and The Story Advantage.
Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories.
Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
Mirasee
The Story Coach
Lisa Bloom’s books: The Story Advantage and Seven Stories That Sell
Credits:
Host: Lisa Bloom
Producer: Michi Lantz
Executive Producer: Danny Iny
Audio Editor: Marvin del Rosario
Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
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Music credits:
Track Title: Places in Dreams
Artist Name: Alsever Lake
Writer Name: Adrian Dominic Walther
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION
Track Title: Emeralds
Artist Name: Hale
Writer Name: Cory Hale Williams
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION
Track Title: Gone
Artist Name: AK
License code: HQNBKF2USUDXZHRH
Publisher Name: Uppbeat
Special effects credits:
24990513_birds-chirping_by_promission used with permission of the author and under license by AudioJungle/Envato Market.
All other sound effects are licensed under Soundstripe.
Once Upon A Business
Want to tap into the power of story to grow your business? Once Upon a Business is the podcast for entrepreneurs who believe business material doesn't have to be boring. In each episode, Lisa Bloom (founder of Story Coach) shares an evocative fairy or folk tale... the kind we've all heard since childhood. She then unpacks the story to help listeners find inspiration and creative ways to think about business.