hello everyone how are you today I would
like to read you a short story all right
this is a very very short story
okay it is called the Scarlatti tilt and
it is written by Richard Brautigan you
ready here we go it is very hard to live
in a studio apartment in San Jose with a
man who’s learning to play the violin
that is what she told the police when
she handed him the empty revolver so
what does this mean let me walk you
through this an empty revolver means it
was shot at who though imagine living in
a small one-room apartment with someone
who is just learning to play the violin
the man must not be too good so the
woman probably eventually got fed up
with the annoyance
so she shot him this is an example of
micro fiction a short story that says a
lot
it is like planting a small seed and
once it’s fully understood it grows it
to a strong but still very small plant
this is also an example of brevity or
shortness it is said in writing that
brevity is the soul of wit this means
that the shortness with which you say
something makes it powerful but today
I’m here to talk to you about a
different kind of brevity or shortness
I’m standing here today to talk to you
about my shortness of stature and how it
makes me powerful I love playing
basketball but I’m at a little bit of a
disadvantage because of my height do I
care no not really
I’m sure and I can accept it the average
middle school basketball player is
between five feet six inches and six
feet four inches I’m standing here
talking to you just a little less than
five feet tall but I’m able to get
through the defense or even go between
the guy’s legs seriously certain
advantages come with being a point guard
I
what a shift through the defense to get
to the basket I’ve asked coach Koval to
help me show you I can do a crossover to
get by the defense I can do up between
the legs to get by the defense I can do
a behind-the-back to get by the defense
I can do an in-and-out to get by the
defense or I could do any combination of
those moves like between the legs behind
the back or usually or usually shorter
guys are quicker than taller guys so
they’re better defenders stuff like that
is useful for me basketball does not
also completely rely on being tall point
guards have won the last three MVPs
being most valuable player awards and
18% of MVPs ever they are also usually
the shortest guys on the court centers
where users are the tallest guys in the
court have one for you one percent of
MVPs ever still blinkers have one just a
little less than one of every five MVPs
which is not too bad
Isiah Thomas is an NBA player he is a
really good player but what makes him so
special he is very small the NBA is also
known as the National Basketball
Association and the most talent league
in the world anyway
Isiah Thomas is 5 feet 9 inches let me
put that into perspective for you the
average NBA player is 6 feet 7 inches
that is a 10 inch difference the average
American male is 5 feet 9 inches so
Isiah Thomas is the height of an average
American male 99% of people in the world
are 6 feet 4 inches tall or shorter that
means the average NBA player is in the
top 1% of tallest people in the world
but the short NBA players like Isaiah
know they belong to that shorter 99% of
people now let’s pretend your dream is
this little ball what 20 feet high
there’s gonna be people closer to that
ball than I am right now because they
are taller than me but being small just
makes me I don’t know want to prove them
wrong
if I jump and reach and put all my heart
into it I might be able to get to that
ball instead of them here let me show
you pretend there’s a six-foot tall man
here then Here I am just a little less
than five feet tall
if the six-foot man has more or equal
heart than me then no I will get it and
he will get it but if the six-foot man
underestimates me I will be able to get
it finally while brevity is a powerful
tool and the art of storytelling and
while brevity is the soul of wit brevity
most importantly is what gives me soul thank you
like to read you a short story all right
this is a very very short story
okay it is called the Scarlatti tilt and
it is written by Richard Brautigan you
ready here we go it is very hard to live
in a studio apartment in San Jose with a
man who’s learning to play the violin
that is what she told the police when
she handed him the empty revolver so
what does this mean let me walk you
through this an empty revolver means it
was shot at who though imagine living in
a small one-room apartment with someone
who is just learning to play the violin
the man must not be too good so the
woman probably eventually got fed up
with the annoyance
so she shot him this is an example of
micro fiction a short story that says a
lot
it is like planting a small seed and
once it’s fully understood it grows it
to a strong but still very small plant
this is also an example of brevity or
shortness it is said in writing that
brevity is the soul of wit this means
that the shortness with which you say
something makes it powerful but today
I’m here to talk to you about a
different kind of brevity or shortness
I’m standing here today to talk to you
about my shortness of stature and how it
makes me powerful I love playing
basketball but I’m at a little bit of a
disadvantage because of my height do I
care no not really
I’m sure and I can accept it the average
middle school basketball player is
between five feet six inches and six
feet four inches I’m standing here
talking to you just a little less than
five feet tall but I’m able to get
through the defense or even go between
the guy’s legs seriously certain
advantages come with being a point guard
I
what a shift through the defense to get
to the basket I’ve asked coach Koval to
help me show you I can do a crossover to
get by the defense I can do up between
the legs to get by the defense I can do
a behind-the-back to get by the defense
I can do an in-and-out to get by the
defense or I could do any combination of
those moves like between the legs behind
the back or usually or usually shorter
guys are quicker than taller guys so
they’re better defenders stuff like that
is useful for me basketball does not
also completely rely on being tall point
guards have won the last three MVPs
being most valuable player awards and
18% of MVPs ever they are also usually
the shortest guys on the court centers
where users are the tallest guys in the
court have one for you one percent of
MVPs ever still blinkers have one just a
little less than one of every five MVPs
which is not too bad
Isiah Thomas is an NBA player he is a
really good player but what makes him so
special he is very small the NBA is also
known as the National Basketball
Association and the most talent league
in the world anyway
Isiah Thomas is 5 feet 9 inches let me
put that into perspective for you the
average NBA player is 6 feet 7 inches
that is a 10 inch difference the average
American male is 5 feet 9 inches so
Isiah Thomas is the height of an average
American male 99% of people in the world
are 6 feet 4 inches tall or shorter that
means the average NBA player is in the
top 1% of tallest people in the world
but the short NBA players like Isaiah
know they belong to that shorter 99% of
people now let’s pretend your dream is
this little ball what 20 feet high
there’s gonna be people closer to that
ball than I am right now because they
are taller than me but being small just
makes me I don’t know want to prove them
wrong
if I jump and reach and put all my heart
into it I might be able to get to that
ball instead of them here let me show
you pretend there’s a six-foot tall man
here then Here I am just a little less
than five feet tall
if the six-foot man has more or equal
heart than me then no I will get it and
he will get it but if the six-foot man
underestimates me I will be able to get
it finally while brevity is a powerful
tool and the art of storytelling and
while brevity is the soul of wit brevity
most importantly is what gives me soul thank you
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