How to speak more clearly.

Five habits

1. Lead with the answer. Your first sentence should be the thing you would say if you had only one.
2. Count your words. A strong answer to a hard question usually fits in about forty.
3. Cut the cushions. "Basically", "kind of" and "I feel like" make a true statement sound unsure.
4. Pause instead of filling. A one-second silence sounds composed. "Um" sounds lost.
5. Choose the exact word. "Contend" and "suggest" are not the same claim. Precision beats rare vocabulary.

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