Clarity

This is so familiar. I do find that I spend an unholy amount of time at work listening to people talking about irrelevant stuff or their latest (ill-conceived) brain-fart. Of course, they don't share my perspective (why should they), so I could always try to explain my viewpoint but often I find it's quicker and more politically expedient to let them drone-on to a natural end (i.e. let them reach their own conclusions) rather than intervene, but that takes time.

As I get older the feeling that I should be using precious time as if it's actually precious becomes ever more acute, the challenge of course is how to do it without upsetting people.