[ChainOfFools]

I strongly agree with this perspective but I wish it could be generalized into techniques that work in everyday life, where there isn't already this established ranking of expertise that focuses attention on what is being said and not whether you have the clout or the authority to say it.

Because absent preestablied perceived authority or expertise, which is the context that most day to day problems surface within, holding forth and hogging the entire two-way discussion channel with your long detailed and carefully articulated description of the problem is going to make you sound like someone who wants to do all the talking and none of the work, or the kind of person who doesn't want to share in finding a solution together with others.