If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. Albert Einstein
This one makes me really think. I eventually get to the simple explanation but not without first taking the long route. :) I'm far too wordy and complicated for my own good...or for anyone else's! Because I'm a verbal processor I oftentimes find myself explaining something and it starts out complicated and by the time the person has asked questions and I have exhausted the phrase "long-winded" the most simple way to do it suddenly appears. So does this mean that I lack understanding about the thing/process/etc? Or does it mean I just don't have the verbal wherewithal to explain it in its "boiled down" form? I know what I mean and what I'm trying to say but verbally I can't get it across very well. So I don't know about this one - certainly that is true for some things but I don't know if it is true for all things. It's why I like to write much better than I like to speak. Writing gives me space to edit, process without putting anyone else through that pain, and get to the more simple explanation. (I know what you're thinking and yes, my wordy blogs are as simple as my heart and mind can come up with! Can you believe they were all much longer to begin with?!?) So I'm left thinking about this quote and examining the things I can't seem to explain simply. Is it because I don't understand them or because I can't shut up? :)
This one makes me really think. I eventually get to the simple explanation but not without first taking the long route. :) I'm far too wordy and complicated for my own good...or for anyone else's! Because I'm a verbal processor I oftentimes find myself explaining something and it starts out complicated and by the time the person has asked questions and I have exhausted the phrase "long-winded" the most simple way to do it suddenly appears. So does this mean that I lack understanding about the thing/process/etc? Or does it mean I just don't have the verbal wherewithal to explain it in its "boiled down" form? I know what I mean and what I'm trying to say but verbally I can't get it across very well. So I don't know about this one - certainly that is true for some things but I don't know if it is true for all things. It's why I like to write much better than I like to speak. Writing gives me space to edit, process without putting anyone else through that pain, and get to the more simple explanation. (I know what you're thinking and yes, my wordy blogs are as simple as my heart and mind can come up with! Can you believe they were all much longer to begin with?!?) So I'm left thinking about this quote and examining the things I can't seem to explain simply. Is it because I don't understand them or because I can't shut up? :)
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