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To start with, learning to communicate clearly at all is very hard to do. Even if you speak in an uncertain, quiet, awkward tone, if you are communicating somet
by barbariangrunge 4y ago
To start with, learning to communicate clearly at all is very hard to do. Even if you speak in an uncertain, quiet, awkward tone, if you are communicating something interesting in a vivid way, you can sell people on what you're saying.
Look at some old Elon Musk talks -- he's so awkward and nerdy, but nobody cares because he is successfully communicating his ideas.
Clear communication often involves an active voice with a clear verbs. Nominalized nouns are your enemy unless your intention is to be vague. Pretend that the person you're talking to is a computer that is rendering what you describe -- is there enough information to visualize or imagine it? Fluff sentences hurt too. Concrete specifics help.
Eg, "Joe swung the bat and hit the baseball, with a CRACK; and away it flew deep into the field" is better than the more corporate, "a baseball situation was observed after the object was acted upon by an implement, and the synergy involved was said to be breathtaking."
Also: just being super clear on what you are trying to say helps a ton. Being super clear, logically, why your idea is a good one is also necessary. The logic should be correct, and not just sound nice.