Follow-Worthy Story Posts (In Minutes)

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Outline Your Story

| Goal

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What goal are you working to achieve? | Obstacle

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What obstacle did you face while working to achieve your goal? | Conflict

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Who or what did you come into conflict with?

(Self, others, society, tech, nature, fate) | Emotion

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What emotion did you feel as you struggled to achieve your goal? | Stakes

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What was the cost of failure or consequences for not overcoming the obstacle? | Lesson

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What lessons did you learn?

How did these lessons transform your life? | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Make a tuna sandwich | I’m out of Tuna | Self | Frustration | Die of hunger before meetings | Always buy tuna in bulk so I can crush those work meetings | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Micro Story Frameworks

Fx5WL

[Failure] [Failure] [Failure] [Failure] [Failure] [Win]

[Lesson] | My first tweet, flopped. My 100th tweet, flopped. My 500th tweet, flopped. My 1,000th tweet, flopped. My 2,500th tweet, flopped. My 2,501st tweet, popped.

If at first you don’t succeed, try until you do. | [YOUR STORY HERE] | | The 10 Year Time Gap

XYZ

[x year]:

• [Bad habit/ undesirable trait] • [Bad habit/ undesirable trait] • [Bad habit/ undesirable trait]

[y year]:

• [Solution] • [Solution] • [Solution]

[z year]:

• Good habit/ desirable trait] • Good habit/ desirable trait] • Good habit/ desirable trait]

[Lesson] | 2014:

Broke musician $20K of student loans Social anxiety

2016:

Started teaching Got a 2nd job to pay off my debts Took online charisma course

2024:

Making $10,000 per month teaching online Debt free Dating a hot yoga teacher

It doesn’t matter where you start.

Rise above your circumstances. | [YOUR STORY HERE] | | The Relatable Struggle

PSR/L

[Proof]

• [Struggle] • [Struggle] • [Struggle]

[Reframe / Lesson] | Even after 2.5 years and 100k+ followers.

I still need:

• 10 hours to write a week of content • 40 minutes to write a hook • 3 people for feedback

Taking your time is a good sign. | [YOUR STORY HERE] | | The Original Micro Story

BAL

[Before] [After] [Lesson] | 2 years ago I was a broke college teacher.

Now I’m a full time writer and micro creator.

Dreams aren’t achieved by dreamers; they’re achieved by doers. | [YOUR STORY HERE] | | The 4 P’s Micro Story

PPPP

[Pain] [Pursuit] [Prize] [Principle] | In 2014, I was starving before a work meeting but was out of Tuna.

So I ordered Uber eats.

30 minutes later, my mouth was filled with tuna goodness.

Be mindful; Never let a ‘lack of’ ruin your day.

| [YOUR STORY HERE] |