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Your Story Rules: How to Discover, Shape, and Tell the Stories Only You Can Tell
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About the book
Your Story Rules
The stories that have the greatest impact usually aren’t the ones people expect. They’re not always the stories about your biggest accomplishment, highest title, or proudest achievement. They’re usually the moments that reveal something true about who you are. The challenge is knowing which moments those are and how to communicate them in a way that creates trust, connection, and action. And in an age where artificial intelligence can help anyone write, edit, and sound smarter, that distinction matters more than ever.
In Your Story Rules, Hollywood writer, storytelling strategist, and UCLA MBA instructor Justin L. Sternberg shares the framework he pioneered and has taught to executives, entrepreneurs, students, and leaders around the world to help them identify the experiences that matter most and transform them into stories that create connection, credibility, and impact when it matters most.
Drawing from twenty-five years in Hollywood writers’ rooms, business classrooms, executive coaching sessions, and thousands of story conversations, Sternberg reveals how to identify the moments that shaped you and transform them into stories that create connection, credibility, and impact.
Inside, you’ll learn how to:
- Identify the emotional destination of your story before you begin
- Answer the four core questions that reveal what makes you unique
- Use the BEAT Framework—Before, Event, Adversity, Transformation—to shape memorable stories
- Build story types for high-stakes moments, from interviews and pitches to leadership conversations and introductions
- Tell authentic stories that land with the people who matter most
Blending practical frameworks, vivid examples, and guided exercises, Your Story Rules helps readers discover the stories hidden within their own experiences, shape them with intention, and communicate them with confidence. Because the most powerful story you’ll ever tell isn’t one you invent. It’s the one that helps others understand who you are, what you stand for, and why they should believe you.
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Details
- Publisher
- BenBella Books
- Author
- Justin L. Sternberg
- Format
- Paperback
- Release date
- May 11, 2027
- ISBN-13
- 9798902681540
- Pages
- 208
- Carton quantity
- 12 copies
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Your Story Rules for groups: pricing
Volume pricing applies automatically in your cart. No codes, no account needed.
| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 25 – 99 | $14.49 | 34% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $14.05 | 36% off list |
| 250 – 499 | $13.61 | 38% off list |
| 500 – 999 | $13.17 | 40% off list |
| 1,000+ | $12.73 | 42% off list |
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