Steven

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you that I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you. I will not pursue you.

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you that I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you. I will not pursue you.

But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

That is the movie called, where he, his daughter gets kidnapped.

That is the movie called, where he, his daughter gets kidnapped.

Yes, it's, that's with an L, his name. Lion King, I'm joking.

Yes, it's, that's with an L, his name. Lion King, I'm joking.

Okay.

Okay.

That simple rule. And what does changing my rate of speech then do to the message I'm communicating? It makes it more clear? There's more clarity in it, right?

That simple rule. And what does changing my rate of speech then do to the message I'm communicating? It makes it more clear? There's more clarity in it, right?

Okay, right.

Okay, right.

So I want to slow down where I want to hit emphasis.

So I want to slow down where I want to hit emphasis.

When people are nervous, what happens? They speed up. They speed up. Considerably. Considerably. And have they ever measured that? Does anybody know?

When people are nervous, what happens? They speed up. They speed up. Considerably. Considerably. And have they ever measured that? Does anybody know?

And what's the average person speaking at in terms of words per minute?

And what's the average person speaking at in terms of words per minute?