This sequel to the best-selling The Magic of Metaphor explores the power of storytelling to inspire, inform, and transform people's lives. With a particular emphasis on leadership in the very broadest sense of the word, the stories in this collection offer inspiration, inner knowledge, and wisdom. Stories and metaphors are incredibly powerful vehicles through which real change and compassion can be generated in the world, and can be used to influence, motivate, and lead others with elegance and integrity. If you are in business or work in a professional situation, imagine if your staff were to share the same vision, direction, and values that you do-- how much easier would it be to push for your goals, and create powerful and favorable impressions on your clients and your peers? If you are an educator, how much more satisfying would your teaching beboth for you and your studentsif you were able to: --Explain ideas more easily, more memorably, and more powerfully? --Create an environment to which all your students wanted to contribute and belong? --Motivate your students with a desire for life long learning?