Kinds of Meeting

There are only three kinds of classic meetings:

Information. This is a meeting where attendees are informed about what is happening (with or without their blessing). While there may be a facade of conversation, it's primarily designed to inform.
 
Discussion. This is a meeting where the leader actually wants feedback or direction or connections. You can use this meeting to come up with an action plan, or develop a new idea, for example.

Permission. This is a meeting where the other side is supposed to say yes but has the power to say no.

Thread Safety defined

A class is thread-safe if it behaves correctly when accessed from multiple threads, regardless of the scheduling or interleaving of the execution of those threads by the runtime environment, and with no additional synchronization or other coordination on the part of the calling code.
Thread-safe classes encapsulate any needed synchronization so that clients need not provide their own.

Ways to Stay smart

1. Work and socialize with smart and talented people, particularly ones that are considered top people in your field, find a fantastic team and work with them, look for people whose careers rely on their sharp minds, people that are a bit older than you, and slightly different.

2. Become a better listener. Being able to clear your mind of extraneous thoughts will make you more open to developing the thinking you are looking for, it will bring you focus skills

3.Think about developing skills which can result in your making more valuable contributions to situations.Be curious about new things, hobbies, intellectual pursuits, also read incessantly, as over time you will accumulate much knowledge. Tell stories well and be funny and you'll find yourself invited to join companies and social groups that provide what you seek, as people will always be curious about what you have to say