1. If you can, come prepared with a notepad and several bullet points of your thoughts/questions. Just the simple act of writing it down crystallizes your thoug

1. If you can, come prepared with a notepad and several bullet points of your thoughts/questions. Just the simple act of writing it down crystallizes your thoughts and is a practice run at speaking aloud. 2. Don't speak just to speak. Empty comments are wasteful -- minimal value in the eyes of dimwits, and negative value to those that matter. Point 2 is related to "Law 4: Always Say Less Than Necessary" of Greene's 48 Laws of Power [1]. It would be good to read the full book ;) [1] http://www.elffers.com/low/start/index2.html http://www.elffers.com/low/start/index2.html