Understand your Subject
The Right Honorable Charles Clarke: Well the first and most important thing is to understand your subject, understand what you’re talking about. Many people don’t. Some people think they can bluff their way through a process but actually the world today is full of scrutiny. People testing you at every turn. And if you don’t know the subject that you’re talking about, you will get lost quite quickly.
Know your Goals
The Right Honorable Charles Clarke:Second, which is related to that, know what it is you want to do. What changes that you’d like to see, what approach to life would you like to see? And you need to know those two things.
If you can’t answer the question, what do you want to get out of this? Then you’re finished. You’ve got to be able to carry it through.