Episode Overview

Podcast: Your Daily Real Estate Podcast with Tristan Ahumada
Host: Tristan Ahumada
Episode: 744 - Build Your Story Library Fast
Date: December 13, 2025
Duration: ~5 minutes

Main Theme:
This episode centers on a concise, actionable five-step process to help real estate professionals create and maintain a personal “story library.” Tristan explains how systematically capturing daily moments allows agents to build authentic connections with clients and audiences by sharing relatable stories.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Importance of a Personal Story Library

• Listener Feedback: Tristan responds to listeners' questions about how to routinely collect and store stories to use with clients and in marketing.
• Long-Term Benefits: Emphasizes that a system for capturing stories keeps agents relevant and relatable.

Tristan's Five Steps to Building a Story Library

1. Pick the Moment

(01:05)

• Action: After answering story-prompting questions, either address all or just one question that sparks a memory or emotion.
• Tip: The chosen moment each day becomes a “story seed.”
• Quote:

  "The moment that comes up becomes your story seed for the day. That is the key."
  — Tristan (01:23)

2. Capture the Moment in Three Quick Lines

(01:40)

• Action: Write the story in three simple lines — no need for full storytelling or polishing yet.
  1. What happened?
  2. What you felt or thought?
  3. Why it mattered?
• Benefit: This structure freezes the moment in time and starts building your story inventory.
• Quote:

  "These three lines—what happened, what you felt or thought, why it mattered—they’ll turn the tiny different moments into one event so you can tell it in the future."
  — Tristan (02:07)

3. Tag It with One Word

(02:25)

• Action: Assign a single-word tag (e.g., work, family, growth, mindset, challenge, humor) to make stories easily searchable.
• Author’s Note: Tristan admits this took practice, but now makes recall much easier.
• Quote:

  "Choose one simple tag so you can find it later and recall it later... This keeps the system simple and searchable."
  — Tristan (02:41)

4. Save It in Your Story Bank

(03:01)

• Action: Store all stories in a single, consistent place (journal, spreadsheet, phone notes, or a dedicated voice memo folder).
• Tip: Avoid scattering stories in multiple places for easy access and retrieval.
• Quote:

  "Don't be all over the place like I did. I've got stories. I've got stories. There. Not good. Don't do that."
  — Tristan (03:14)

• Anecdote: Tristan’s friend uses voice memos, which he finds brilliant.

5. Review Once a Week

(03:34)

• Action: Schedule a weekly review to revisit stories, reflect, and refresh your memory.
• Purpose: Regular reviews make stories easier to recall and share authentically.
• Quote:

  "This way you can tell them more because at the end of the day, people connect with you because of the stories that you tell."
  — Tristan (03:55)

Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Relatability:

  "People connect with you because they can relate to you. 'Oh, that’s a good story. That’s a good reason.' Or, 'I would never do that. Not me. Tristan’s an idiot.' Which I’ve heard, too."
  — Tristan (04:07)

• On Story System Efficiency:

  "If you tag it, you can find it later… This keeps the system simple and searchable."
  — Tristan (02:41)

Important Segments & Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:00 | Listener Q&A and episode intro | | 01:05 | Step 1: Pick the Moment | | 01:40 | Step 2: Capture the Moment in Three Quick Lines | | 02:25 | Step 3: Tag It with One Word | | 03:01 | Step 4: Save It in Your Story Bank | | 03:34 | Step 5: Review Once a Week | | 04:07 | Why story sharing builds trust & relatability |

Practical Takeaways

• Systematize story collection: Even one brief daily note can build a robust library over time.
• Keep it searchable: Single tags make recurrence and retrieval easy.
• Designate ONE home for stories: Streams of scraps and scattered notes waste time.
• Make reviewing stories a habit: Regular review keeps them memorable and ready for use.

Closing & Extras

• Tristan offers to share his five-step system via Instagram DM (allow a few days for reply).
• For those serious about processes and growth, he invites listeners to explore group coaching at abrillianttribe.com or DM him.

Tone:
Tristan’s delivery is energetic, practical, a little self-deprecating, and supportive—encouraging agents to take one small action at a time for more impactful client connections.