Be prepared to tell her exactly what you’d like her to do.

I liked this part of the advice, and would probably expand on it if I got to talk to him. This letter reminds me of cooking and eating. Often people will just say of food that it's "good" or "bad" and it can be a bit of a job to get them to think in more detail in order to extract more detailed reports from them. But our experience of food is made up of details. Is this mac and cheese salty, creamy, even spicy? Does it have a contrasting crunchy topping? Does it have chunks of lobster which overcooked and turned rubbery? Does it have chunks of broccoli which are tender-crisp and work well with the cheese?

Details, man, details.