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Storytellers Who Focus on Their Message Find An Audience Willing to Hear it
Communicators who center their core message rather than audience reaction build resilience to rejection and find their audience
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Communicators who center their core message rather than audience reaction build resilience to rejection and find their audience
How can storytellers, from actors to brand narrators, navigate the inevitable challenges of rejection and disappointment?
Actor and Speaker Greg Bryk emphasizes the importance of concentrating on the essence of one's message rather than the immediate reaction it receives.
If you believe in the value of what you have to say and you focus on that message as opposed to the response of the other person, it gives you the strength to persevere, to keep carrying on.
— Greg Bryk, Actor and Speaker
About the author
Greg Bryk is former Queen's University student and Vanier Cup winning Golden Gael football player. He is a classically trained and award winning actor who has appeared in over 65 films and television shows. He has moved between creating memorable characters in feature films like Men With Brooms, History Of Violence, Poor Boys Game, Shoot Em Up and Immortals, as well as starring in television series like Bitten, Wynonna Earp, Book Of Negroes, Fargo, Regenesis, Rookie Blue, XIII and Saving Hope. He can currently be seen in the epic Netflix/Discovery series Frontier and the upcoming Mary Kills People on Lifetime and Global. Greg lives in Toronto with his wife, HGTV's Danielle Nicholas Bryk, and their three children.
