Tesar-Reynes

A few months ago, I was fortunate enough to sit down and share a couple of beers with a real story teller. He was the kind that keeps me wide awake and ready to order him another round.

He was talking about his old boss and said, “He looked like Gregory Peck after the whale had pulled him under a few times.” Later he talked about a supplier who reminded him of “that gnome in the Middle Earth who was trying to steal the ring.”

People who make me use my imagination and memory really communicate with me because I am forced to do some of the work. I am truly interacting with the speaker. Unless I am forced to contribute, sometimes I can just sit there like wallpaper, which doesn’t make for stimulating conversation for either party.

Note to self: use metaphors and similes, not to impress, but rather to pull the listener into what I am trying to discuss. Keep them engaged! Not like a student listening to a professor, but more like two people walking down a path together and discovering new scenic vistas.