“The oldest, shortest words — yes and no — are those which require the most thought.” — Pythagoras
Here’s exactly what I did.
Less overwhelm, less anxiety, more cool stuff.
“Talk early, not often. Speaking early in a meeting, even by offering a fairly banal statement, establishes your presence in the room. It can also take the pressure off so you can listen to the discussion without worrying about trying to say something smart.”
“Better training has brought big improvements to the quality of athletics and also chess, and many of those advances are quite recent — when is the intellectual world going to follow suit?”