A young business executive phoned his foreign representative one day and tersely
announced: “I am calling to give, instructions. This call will last no more than
three minutes. I shall speak and you are not to interrupt. Any comments or queries
you have are to be cabled to me later.”
With that he went on to deliver his message. His delivery was so rapid that he
finished a little ahead of time. “We have twenty seconds left,” he told the man at
the other end. “Have you anything to say?”
“Yes,” came the reply. “You spoke so fast I couldn’t understand a word.”
A good way to cover less distance in more time is to go faster.
🙂
A young business executive phoned his foreign representative one day and tersely
announced: “I am calling to give, instructions. This call will last no more than
three minutes. I shall speak and you are not to interrupt. Any comments or queries
you have are to be cabled to me later.”
With that he went on to deliver his message. His delivery was so rapid that he
finished a little ahead of time. “We have twenty seconds left,” he told the man at
the other end. “Have you anything to say?”
“Yes,” came the reply. “You spoke so fast I couldn’t understand a word.”
A good way to cover less distance in more time is to go faster.
🙂