Two questions before you speak

Two questions before you speak There’s a moment before you speak when you rehearse the sentence. Once for the grammar. Once for the word you’re not sure about. By the third run, the conversation has moved on. That’s der innere Kontrolleur, checking...

Can I say something different here?

Can I say something different here? There’s a moment in a meeting when you know the decision is wrong. You feel it before you can say it, that quick pull in your chest while everyone else nods. In your own language you’d have said it already, in the exact...