storytelling is not just the province of children, stories can be used to re-frame and re-size problems and provide useful metaphors for the boardroom, office and individual. Showing you how and when to use stories to maximum effect, Tales for Change will immediately help managers, trainers, educators and coaches to reinforce key messages or stimulate fresh thinking. The book includes 50 tried and tested tales that can be used in a change management context. These tales can be used to communicate ideas, aid memorable learning, encourage brainstorming sessions, develop training and reflection as well as help those involved to cope with the stress of change, increase emotional intelligence levels and increase creativity.

Inspiring stories to recover the values of the child in you and cause change in adult in which you have become And what if we all really have a hero within, able to permit us to achieve any type of change? This book is dedicated to all those who believe in the power of change. There are 52+2 short stories, for children and for business. They will help you to think, feel and live, definetly, they will help you to change. These stories are recommended to help children in their learning processes, to enhance and develop their values, and ,of course, for adults to enable an improvement in their personal and profesional development. Stories have always helped children to sleep. But in adults they produce the opposite effect. In adults, the stories provoke an awakening and a reflection on the values and ideas that we can apply in our lives or in our businesses. I've noticed that over time, from a certain age, almost nobody tells us stories. Stories are vital in our personal improvement processes and our business change management. I have always used stories, tales or anecdotes in conferences and training sessions that I have lead for years in companies, associations and organisations to awaken adults and to fix ideas on changing personal and business attitudes. I hope that, like me, each story makes you think and helps you enhance the most important values to apply in business and in life. I hope you will enjoy each of these stories and that each of them will serve you to make a change in your inner self. I hope that you will be able to retrieve the values of the child in you, regardless of what age you are. As I am transmitting these stories with this book, I wish you to share them by all the means you have at your fingertips! If you liked this help me share it. Share it, give it away. "THE ONLY THING THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT EVEN TRY" RECOMMENDATIONS 1- Read a story each week, so you have a whole week to think about it and apply its teachings. 2- Read them to yourself. Read them to your children, family and friends. Read them to your bosses, colleagues and professional contacts. Read them to everybody. 3- Read them slowly, several times if necessary, enjoying every moment and feeling yourself a part of them. 4- And when you have imagined, dreamed and felt each of the stories, try to change yourself and the world will change with you. “EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE TO THE EXTENT THAT YIU THINK IT IS POSSIBLE"

There may have been many times when you wished you had it in you to change your life but you didn't think you knew how. Do you want to change something in your life right now? Do you lack motivation and enthusiasm? Do you feel stressed out by fear and regrets? Would you like to move forwards and get on and enjoy your life? Then this book is for you! These Entrancing Tales will debug your subconscious mind and release your true potential. Things you thought you didn't have in you will suddenly reveal themselves to you in the most unexpected ways. Entertaining and easy to read, these hypnotic stories will lead you on a journey of change and you might like to read them more than once and enjoy how they make you feel. By the end of this book, you will notice an automatic change in you. You will see things in a different light. You will have found a way of doing things you once found challenging with ease. All you need to do is find a comfortable place and read one tale at a time.

An inspiring and practical exploration of how we can tap into the deep-rooted and powerful symbolism of fairytales to bring about positive change in every aspect of our lives. In this practical and inspiring book, writer and professional storyteller Alison Davies shows how to use fairy tales to gain confidence, find romance and discover your path to self-fulfilment. From Sleeping Beauty, symbol of transformation, to the 'rescuer' Prince Charming, to the scary, shapeshifting wolf in Little Red Riding Hood, the characters in these fabulous stories are embedded deep in our imagination and conjure up feelings that we can all identify with on some level. We can use fairy tales to understand what really makes us tick, to access our primal nature and rediscover the latent power within. They can help us to break bad habits, overcome obstacles and emerge from the chrysalis to make our mark in the world. Working with fairy tales can be as easy as aligning to a character in a tale and then putting a positive spin on it. Sometimes the simple act of 'making it real', by living out the story in your mind, can change the way you think and behave. Davies offers a whole host of tips and practical exercises for working with the symbols, characters and storylines in fairy tales. These include storyboarding your own fairy tale to boost your creativity, devising a quest to build energy and confidence, identifying your inner hero to help with problem solving and learning how to be your own fairy godmother in order to bring the changes you want into your life!

Dealing with the most translated work of German literature, the Tales of the brothers Grimm (1812-1815), this book discusses their history, notably in relation to Denmark and subsequently other nations from 1816 to 1986. The Danish intelligentsia responded enthusiastically to the tales and some were immediately translated into Danish by a nobleman and by the foremost Romantic poet. Their renditions remained in print for a century and embued the tales with high prestige. This book discusses translators, approaches, and other parameters such as copyright, and changes in target audiences. The tales’ social acceptability inspired Hans Christian Andersen to write his celebrated fairytales. Combined, the Grimm and Andersen tales came to constitute the ‘international fairytale’.This genre was born in processes of translation and, today, it is rooted more firmly in the world of translation than in national literatures. This book thus addresses issues of interest to literary, cross-cultural studies and translation.

In Tales in the Key of Life, a father and daughter writing team partner to share a collection of diverse short stories that touch upon love, betrayal, innocence, horror, and murder as a group of eclectic characters face a variety of challenges, each in their own unique way. Tiffaney knows that fate controls her life. While attempting to find reasons behind the sudden deaths of both her parents, Tiffaney embarks on a journey with her fianc to fulfill her mothers last wishwhere the supernatural is about to collide with a life-altering reality. Karen is drowning amid a life of routines. After she reaches for a life preserver she hopes will bring more excitement into her blah days, she soon discovers that her rescue may cost her more than she is willing to pay. Horace is determined not to use cocaine again. But as he waits in his van for yet another innocent child to rescue, Horace knows he is addicted to something far worse than drugs. Tales in the Key of Life is a compilation of seven short tales that lead others into the minds of individuals who will do whatever it takes to survive lifes greatest trials.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.

Traces the history of chivalric fiction in Western Europe, from the earliest Celtic tales to the conflict between romance and realism in Don Quixote.

This handy book of motivational stories contains short stories and anecdotes available on the internet. This book is a collection of either actual incidents of great thinkers and leaders or fictional stories with deep meaning and learnings. This simple yet profound collection will provide you with a sense of inspiration and guidance. Creative caricatures have been included to make the stories come alive.