You knew the answer.
Your German needed four more seconds.
The meeting moved on. So you nodded. And kept your best idea to yourself. Then comes the quiet thought you never say out loud: is this holding my career back?
I know that nod. Smart thoughts, arriving late. Here's what changed it for me, and what I do with my clients now: you are not slow. In conversation, people swap turns in about 200 milliseconds. You are translating live in a room that does not wait for the final draft. So I do not teach you more German. You already have it. I'm your sparring partner. We build your first sentence, short and solid, and train it under pressure until it fires on its own. I interrupt you, rush you, and say: Great start. Again, shorter. Different drills.
A lot. Reps beat willpower. That's why it works. The day it clicks, you stop arriving after the decision. You speak while it is still being made, and your colleagues hear the expert you already are.
Comment SECONDS and I will send you my first opener.