Everybody here is focusing on the writing part of the equation but that is not the most important one. Expressing a thought is just the last step of communicat

Everybody here is focusing on the writing part of the equation but that is not the most important one. Expressing a thought is just the last step of communication. Only organized and correctly structured thoughts can be expressed in a clear way. If you can’t communicate well it is an indication that you are not thinking as well as you think you are, because if you were, you wouldn’t be having problems. It is fair to say that most people nowadays still don’t know how to write or read. Illiteracy is still a huge problem in the whole world. They might know how to write a word but they can’t explain what the word is supposed to mean. I see that everyday. My boss will write that “X team member needs to perform at a higher level”, but can’t, for the love of God, provide a specific example or direction as to what that means. I’m pretty sure she thinks she knows in her head what it means. The problems is she doesn’t. If she knew she would be able to clearly communicate what her expectations are and how X member is not meeting them. My recommendation is to stop thinking about how to improve the output of your thought process and focus on improving the content. All great presenters will work months on prepping the message that they want to convey. Every word will be carefully selected because every word has a different specific meaning. That’s why we think people are great at writing or speaking. They are great at that as well, but above all else they are great thinkers.