How well do these Engineer tips fit your thinking about talk?
Never:  Never use it: 
Try:  Might try it.
Use:  Use it as needed
Tell: Tell it to people who need it

The mouth can talk a good game.

Reading is no substitute for doing.

A planner speaks with active verbs.

Once you hear a lecture on swimming, you never forget what you learned about lectures.

If you can watch your words, you know what they mean.

Some people can talk a good plan.

Talk does not change behavior.  Practice changes behavior.

A picture in your head is worth a thousand words in your mouth. 

The Thinker is just a rump on a stump until he gets up and does something useful.

A cue is an on-switch for part of your brain.