“I just CAN’T do it!” I say, arms defiantly crossed.
“It’s OK, Chris,” comes the soothing voice from within…
“I think you’re right. So… I’m NOT going to push it today.”
“Y-y-you’re NOT?” I say, wiping the tears of defeat from my cheeks.
“No, Chris. I think you really HAVE met your match this time. Anyway… there’s more important things for us to be doing than getting hung up here.”
“Yes..yes… you’re right!”
I gather myself. Ashamed at my tantrum. As though this was yet ANOTHER mindset hurdle straddling the road in front of me.
OMG… it’s just ONE email. What am I fussing about?
“So I guess I can get on and talk about today’s special guest then?”
“You SURE can!” my welcome visitor says, while letting himself out.
So… it might help to know what happened.
Well, you see…
I had that wee… “moment”… while trying to figure out how I could mimic John Moschitta in my email writing.
He’s the “Micro Machines Man.”
The “fast moving” FedEx guy.
And voiced Blurr in “The Transformers: The Movie.”
Ring any bells?
He’s also known as: “Motormouth” John Moschitta!
For a LOOONG time he held the record as The World’s Fastest Talker.
Compared to the fastest “normal” speaking pace…. he clocks in at nearly 4x!
(YouTube only allows cranking the dial to 2x!)
I simply wanted to write an email today about something I discovered lately:
The joys of listening to audio on 2x speed.
I’m finding it SO helpful being able to whizz through my learning quickly.
Really good for things like email marketing training. And just about anything non-fiction, I reckon.
(Not sure I’d find it so enjoyable listening to fiction. But haven’t tried yet.)
My dilemma was…
I wanted to have Mr Moschitta “speak” in my email.
So how the heck do you DEMONSTRATE a fast-talking person in writing? š©
I REALLY tried.
Using “be-bu-de-pe” kinda lines. And whatnot.
But generally came out looking like a dog’s breakfast.
So, if you’ve cracked THAT one… please let me know!