Before You Open Your Mouth

At a seminar I was giving yesterday one of the attendees raised her hand and I called on her. This is what she said:

"Um. Yeah. My question, or comment or whatever it will end up being is kinda', um ..."

And I stopped her right there. People, when you open your mouth to speak you should know if you're going to ask a question, share a comment or just blather. And if you're just going to blather feel free to go to a seminar other than mine.

Think before you speak. It's a simple thing. Try to formulate that embryo of a spark of a thought into some sort of form. That way, you prevent others from wading through the vast wastelands of your mental vomit.

And if you can't do that at least have the decent manners to remain mute.