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Christian Hansen

Christian Hansen

Christian Hansen is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and personal-brand/influence expert, founder of TheChristianHansen.com and author of "The Influence Mindset."

Sep 14, 2026

9:57
Can you speak more on that?
9:58
Yeah, absolutely.
10:00
So research tells us that we like to see ourselves in the context of story, right? We are wired to pay attention and remember stories.
10:08
In fact, when we tell a story, we are 22 times more likely to remember something told in the form of a story as opposed to just a fact, right? So if I'm wired to see myself at the center of a narrative, if I'm trying to go and accomplish something, I like to feel like I'm the hero of my own story.
10:25
Now, in narrative archetypes, when you study stories, there are typically three major archetypes that people fall into, right? You got the hero, the protagonist who's doing the thing.
10:38
You then have victims, victims who are people who are powerless.
10:41
They need saving.

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31:45
I think it's really great.

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