Matthew Dicks
18 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 15, 2025 by Matthew Dicks · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
On the record as a speaker too: Matthew Dicks's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.
Mentions by year
brought up most by Ted Seides (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2025 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Matthew Dicks, oldest first
Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025 neutral
Dec 15, 2025 positive
Every Story Must Conclude With a Realization or Personal Transformation
“The end of every story is always a realization or transformation of some kind. It is seeing the world in a new way. It is the recognition that I once was one person, but now I'm another. I once thought one thing, now I think another. I once felt one thing, now…”
Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025 positive
Effective Stories Rely on 'But' and 'Therefore' Transitions, Not Chronology
“What we want to do when we're telling a story is we want a story to feel the heartbeat monitors up and down. That's what I'm looking for in my story is sort of an up and down path, which means that I'm constantly trying to, but, or therefore through my story, …”
Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025 negative
Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025 negative
Business Stories Begin With Words, Not Slide Decks
“Stories don't begin on slides. Stories begin with the words that we're going to speak or the words that are going to be on the page or some combination of the two. Slides should be used to support a story only when necessary. They should not be the story.”
Dec 15, 2025 negative
Storytellers Should Ban the Word 'Suddenly' to Preserve Genuine Surprise
“A word like suddenly, we should never use that word. I could have said I turn and suddenly I see Eric running across the kitchen, but suddenly is a word that never makes anything feel suddenly. It only signals that a surprise is about to happen. If I say I loo…”
Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025
Time Only Feels Fast Because People Forget Their Daily Experiences
“So when we talk about how time flies, it doesn't actually fly. That's just nonsense. What happens is it just gets forgotten. So we look at a full year, 365 days, and we reduce it to 50 days or 50 moments or 20 moments. That's why time feels like it flies.”
Dec 15, 2025 positive
Dec 15, 2025
Business Communicators Must Treat Dry Presentations as Entertaining Performances
“A performance requires preparation. It's an acknowledgement that there's an audience and it's an acknowledgement that regardless of what you're doing, you should be entertaining. Regardless of what you're doing, no matter how dry it is, you should be entertain…”
Dec 15, 2025 negative
Stories Designed for Self-Praise Make Audiences Dislike the Speaker
“The pet peeve is someone gets on stage because they want to say nice things about themselves and they couch it within a story. Nobody wants that. I don't even think your mother wants that. It's weird because they want us to like them more, but what they've don…”
Dec 15, 2025 negative
Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025 positive
A Story's Opening and Ending Must Be in Direct Opposition
“What you essentially need is an effective beginning and an ending that actually contains meaning. And the two of those are in opposition to each other. It's what I call the frame of the story. The beginning and the end have to be deliberately and strategically…”