Communication takes effort from both sides. Every rule or tip should really be considered in 2 fold. Like so: Of course, if the goal is to explain an idea, you

Communication takes effort from both sides. Every rule or tip should really be considered in 2 fold. Like so: Of course, if the goal is to explain an idea, you shouldn't present yourself as the genius you so clearly are in your own opinion. At the same time you should never dismiss an idea for its lack of proper presentation. The later is a much more frequent mistake. One should judge an idea for what it is. One should actively suppress ones intention to praise an idea for who presented it or how it was presented. If you do something like: This persons expertise is worth 1000 points therefore his ideas are worth 1000 points it begs to question how the person got to 1000 points as you've eliminated the mechanism that should have rated him. IOW if someone came up with a fantastic idea it means you should examine his other ideas but do so as objectively as you would the village idiots.