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title: "Building a Story Inventory"
description: "Stocks stories you can deploy on demand."
canonical: https://tomsharman.com/bookshelf/expert-secrets/building-a-story-inventory/
updated: 2026-11-03
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# Building a Story Inventory

> Stocks stories you can deploy on demand.

Russell Brunson's framework, from Expert Secrets, pp. 180 to 239.

Framework 18 of 28 from [Expert Secrets](https://tomsharman.com/bookshelf/expert-secrets/index.md) by Russell Brunson. Category: Storytelling.

## The steps

1. **List false beliefs.** Write dozens in each of the vehicle, internal and external categories.
2. **Write the experiences.** Note what happened to give them each belief.
3. **Write the stories.** Record the story each experience created.
4. **Pair with new Epiphany Bridges.** Match a story of your own, or someone else's, to each one.

## Where it comes from

From chapter: SECTION TWO: Creating Belief, pp. 180–239

## The animation

24 seconds, 4:5, no sound.

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