How much time should a person spend talking about their past / track record?
- It may depend on how you do it.
Keep your comments short
- Presidents should really be training for presidential debates the way MMA fighters train for a fight. Bas Rutten trained twice a day.
- Getting interrupted by the moderator doesn't look good.
- Getting interrupted by other candidates also doesn't look good.
Have someone in the audience to give you live feedback
- It might be useful to have something analogous to a cornerman in boxing / MMA
Don't tell complicated stories
Prepare for questions that ask you about things that you aren't familiar with
- You need to be ready to say, "I'm not familiar with that situation and can't comment on it."