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This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is to use videos to share information that you can't explain in person.

To update the familiar saying, a video is worth a thousand words.

Let videos save you time and effort so that you don't have to write something long-winded

or lose something in translation.

I know we have all had the experience of struggling to explain a problem to a repair person.

Maybe there was a geyser in your sink midway through the dishwasher's wash cycle.

But of course, when the plumber shows up,

you are not in the middle of doing dishes.

So it's kind of hard to describe.

Or maybe you saw the dishwasher issue,

but you have to be at work when the plumber can come.

So you have to explain the issue to your roommate,

who works from home, and then she has to explain

it to the plumber on your behalf. I know in my house, my husband is the one who gets really into

stuff like the nature of HVAC problems or potential future HVAC maintenance. But I am more usually

home when the HVAC technician arrives. So I am trying to

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