Clarity: We're Least Clear When We Think We're Most Clear

When we've thought about something a long time - and had experiences that ground it in our understanding - we feel that we're clear about that something. Very clear. So we feel that when we express our understanding, everyone will understand what we mean. But we're often misunderstood. The larger context of our long pondering and experience is missing. We have "a book" in our heads, and the listener got only "the email."

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Thank you.

The timing of this is incredible. I was literally just saying this to my family like 2 days ago, that I few like I’m having issues communicating lately as I feel like I’m speaking in a way that’s clear yet my words seem to keep getting misunderstood. Thank you for this, it brought me clarity.

Never thought about this! Thank you

Makes sense. Thank you

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