3 Rules to Express Your Thoughts So That Everyone Will Understand You

SIMPLICITY Is this the simplest way I can say this? 2. ESSENTIAL DETAIL What detail is essential to this explanation? 3. COMPLEXITY Are there elements of this subject I don’t understand? 4. EFFICIENCY Is this the most succinct way I can say this? 5. PRECISION Am I saying exactly what I want to communicate? 6. CONTEXT

Rules to remember Decide what you are going to cover, and to what level of detail, based on the needs of the target audience rather than what you want to say. In general, increasing the depth of your coverage of a topic will decrease the reach of the audience, as fewer people are willing to dive deep into the weeds with you.