Going through this process might then enable you to get to a new behaviour or thought to support the change you are seeking:

Flowchart illustrating a story pivot with a cue leading to either a new story or an old story, showing change in story direction based on cue.

Changing Your Story

The following model can help you to change your perspective on a situation that is causing you difficulties and thereby how you respond to it, and the outcome you achieve. It involves you asking a series of questions about the perspective you are currently taking on the situation and the actions and consequences which result. It then enables you to define an alternative story at each step.

We'll start with an example:

Comparison table with two columns labeled "Old Story" and "New Story," each containing five rows with questions and descriptive answers about workplace challenges and personal responses.

Here's an opportunity to think through your situation:

A comparison chart with questions about a past challenge or problem, with columns labeled 'Old Story' and 'New Story', containing questions and handwritten question marks.

Once you have thought the situation through over these five stages you are then invited to rewind the story and start from the end - by defining what you would like to happen and then work backwards: