[throwanem]

Your meeting notes don't have to be scribbles. Learn to take quick and accurate notes while listening and talking, and they become an enormously valuable reference.

I'm not being purely metaphorical in this use of "valuable", either. Last year this skill made me about twenty-four thousand dollars.

[triyambakam]

> Last year this skill made me about twenty-four thousand dollars.

Could you please elaborate?

[throwanem]

No, but I'm sure you can think of any number of situations in which it's of material benefit to have the best memory in the conversation. Taking good notes means not having to rely for specifics on the squishy stuff between your ears.