1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to send a photo or video. We 4 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: have all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, 5 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: so send a photo or video when sending a thousand 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: words would not be a good idea. From time to time, 7 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: many of us find ourselves typing away off and on 8 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: a phone, providing ridiculously complicated descriptions. Your roommate texts from 9 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: the grocery store to ask whether you have onions, and 10 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: you text back, cataloging the number and size of red, 11 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: yellow and white onions, shalots, and scallions. You happen to have. 12 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: A friend offers to bring flowers for a shower you 13 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: are co hosting at your house, and you right back 14 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: with a lengthy description of the size, shape and location 15 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: of the table that you'll put her centerpiece on. Or 16 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: maybe you'll be letting the plumber in to fix the leak. 17 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: But your partner is the one who has expertise on 18 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: plumbing and the actual problem at hand. He or she 19 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: sends you a note about it, and you try to 20 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: remember it to convey it to the plumber. But something 21 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: is likely to get lost in this process, so for 22 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 1: clearer messages, don't write more. Instead, just send a photo 23 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: or video. You can answer the question do we have 24 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: onions by snapping a picture of the bowl of onions 25 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: on your counter and texting it to your roommate. She 26 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: can see right away if you have enough to make 27 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: the half cup of diced onions she needs for the recipe. 28 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: Instead of describing where your friends floral arrangement will go, 29 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: you can send her a photo of the space. Have 30 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: your partner record a video demonstrating and narrating the problem 31 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: with your shower. When the handle goes this way, the 32 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: water seems to come out here. Your partner doesn't need 33 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: to text the plumber or you a lengthy description, and 34 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: you don't need to try to convey what your partner 35 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: is concerned about. Just greet the plumber, take him to 36 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: the bathroom, and play the video. The plumber can take 37 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: it from there. The fact that we can now do 38 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: this is really one of the reasons smartphones are so amazing. 39 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: I mean, sure, you can watch a million videos on 40 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: how to contour your cheeks or something with your make up, 41 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: even though there is no reason to do this when 42 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: you are just going to the grocery store. And yet 43 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: most of us do not take a photo or video 44 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: of our fridge before going to the grocery store, so 45 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: we can see right away that the orange juice is low, 46 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: even if we didn't do a full inventory beforehand. Why not? 47 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: I don't know why we don't do this, but pictures 48 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: are a great way to show, not tell. And in 49 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: a situation shan where typing is awkward, which is true 50 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: on the little smartphone keyboards, and that's before we even 51 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: get to autocorrect woes, a picture or video is infinitely preferable. 52 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: You can communicate precisely and efficiently. A picture is worth 53 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: a thousand words, and nobody wants a thousand words on 54 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: most topics anyway. This script, for instance, is clocking in 55 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: that thunder six. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks 56 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 57 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 58 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. 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