How to prep for a meeting with someone you can't stand

A two-minute practice for walking in grounded instead of armed.

There’s a particular kind of meeting that lives rent-free in your head the night before it happens.

You know the one. You’ve already rehearsed the conversation seventeen times. You’ve already decided what they’re going to say, how they’re going to say it, and how you’re going to smile tightly and resist the urge to flip the conference table (or slam your…