Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to send a photo or video. We
Speaker 1: have all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words,
Speaker 1: so send a photo or video when sending a thousand
Speaker 1: words would not be a good idea. From time to time,
Speaker 1: many of us find ourselves typing away off and on
Speaker 1: a phone, providing ridiculously complicated descriptions. Your roommate texts from
Speaker 1: the grocery store to ask whether you have onions, and
Speaker 1: you text back, cataloging the number and size of red,
Speaker 1: yellow and white onions, shalots, and scallions. You happen to have.
Speaker 1: A friend offers to bring flowers for a shower you
Speaker 1: are co hosting at your house, and you right back
Speaker 1: with a lengthy description of the size, shape and location
Speaker 1: of the table that you'll put her centerpiece on. Or
Speaker 1: maybe you'll be letting the plumber in to fix the leak.
Speaker 1: But your partner is the one who has expertise on
Speaker 1: plumbing and the actual problem at hand. He or she
Speaker 1: sends you a note about it, and you try to
Speaker 1: remember it to convey it to the plumber. But something
Speaker 1: is likely to get lost in this process, so for
Speaker 1: clearer messages, don't write more. Instead, just send a photo
Speaker 1: or video. You can answer the question do we have
Speaker 1: onions by snapping a picture of the bowl of onions
Speaker 1: on your counter and texting it to your roommate. She
Speaker 1: can see right away if you have enough to make
Speaker 1: the half cup of diced onions she needs for the recipe.
Speaker 1: Instead of describing where your friends floral arrangement will go,
Speaker 1: you can send her a photo of the space. Have
Speaker 1: your partner record a video demonstrating and narrating the problem
Speaker 1: with your shower. When the handle goes this way, the
Speaker 1: water seems to come out here. Your partner doesn't need
Speaker 1: to text the plumber or you a lengthy description, and
Speaker 1: you don't need to try to convey what your partner
Speaker 1: is concerned about. Just greet the plumber, take him to
Speaker 1: the bathroom, and play the video. The plumber can take
Speaker 1: it from there. The fact that we can now do
Speaker 1: this is really one of the reasons smartphones are so amazing.
Speaker 1: I mean, sure, you can watch a million videos on
Speaker 1: how to contour your cheeks or something with your make up,
Speaker 1: even though there is no reason to do this when
Speaker 1: you are just going to the grocery store. And yet
Speaker 1: most of us do not take a photo or video
Speaker 1: of our fridge before going to the grocery store, so
Speaker 1: we can see right away that the orange juice is low,
Speaker 1: even if we didn't do a full inventory beforehand. Why not?
Speaker 1: I don't know why we don't do this, but pictures
Speaker 1: are a great way to show, not tell. And in
Speaker 1: a situation shan where typing is awkward, which is true
Speaker 1: on the little smartphone keyboards, and that's before we even
Speaker 1: get to autocorrect woes, a picture or video is infinitely preferable.
Speaker 1: You can communicate precisely and efficiently. A picture is worth
Speaker 1: a thousand words, and nobody wants a thousand words on
Speaker 1: most topics anyway. This script, for instance, is clocking in
Speaker 1: that thunder six. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
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