How well do these Hunter tips fit your thinking about talk?
Never:  Never use it: 
Try:  Might try it.
Use:  Use it as needed
Tell: Tell it to people who need it

If talking were walking, people would get farther.

Talk is cheap and worth every penny of it.

Nobody does anything in the abstract.

Anybody can talk the talk.  You don't get there till you walk the walk

There is no such thing as abstract action.

Doing is in the here and now.  Talk is in the there and them

You grow a skill with practice.  Talking about it just makes you a better talker