how to communicate

cognitive priming: take a moment before you start talking about your topic to let listener know you’re bringing a lot of thought and intentionality to it, address possible reasons they might not engage and handle those preemptively, etc. prime them for what they’re about to hear.

connotation BEHIND a word is hard to translate: the combination of associations, images, etc that YOU have with that word. to communicate your connotations better, avoid “blue sky thoughts” and focus on conveying the details of your thoughts that other people wouldn’t know about. also, build a bridge by inviting listener to feel into THEIR parallel