Minimize the curse of knowledge

You need to be conscious of the fact that people have different levels of knowledge than you.

  • Ask for feedback from the people you are communicating with, in order to confirm that they understand what you are saying.
  • Make sure that you explain the technical terms and concepts that you use as you are using it.

93 people saved this idea

Save it with our free app:

Download on the AppStore
4.8Deepstash rating on AppStore
Get it on Google Play
4.8Deepstash rating on Google Play

IDEA EXTRACTED FROM:

The Curse of Knowledge: What It Is and How to Account for It

6 ideas
similar_blocks_chunkseffectiviology.com
The Curse of Knowledge: What It Is and How to Account for It

TOPICS:

RELATED IDEAS:

  • Examples of the egocentric bias

    When you are giving a public talk, you assume that your nervousness is more apparent to others than is actually the c...

    The Egocentric Bias: Why It's Hard to See Things from a Different Perspective

  • Win the black belt in political argument

    People think emotionally, so forget facts .  When people are asked to explain their beliefs  about how a gi...

    How to Win Your Next Political Argument

  • The curse of knowledge

    The curse of knowledge

    ... is a cognitive bias that causes people to fail to account for the fact that others don’t know the same things tha...

    The Curse of Knowledge: What It Is and How to Account for It

  • Why we experience the curse of knowledge

    Since we spend the majority of the time experiencing things from our own perspective, we struggle to imagine the pers...

    The Curse of Knowledge: What It Is and How to Account for It

  • The “curse of knowledge”

    The “curse of knowledge”

    It is a cognitive bias that describes the fact that when you know something, it's very difficult to know what it's li...

    Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker: The No. 1 communication mistake that even smart people make

  • Importance of timing

    Importance of timing

    You will get far better results from your communication efforts if you try to engage with other people at a time when...

    The Five Golden Rules Of Communication

  • The Curse Of Knowledge

    Once you know something you assume others do too. It’s human nature. And that leads to bad writing. 'The curse of k...

    6 Tips to Help You Be a Better Writer

  • The Genetics of Weight

    Genetics alone cannot explain why some people are fat and others thin. Other factors include what you do and what hap...

    Can a DNA Test Really Help You Lose Weight?

  • Relish feeling out of the loop

    Admit that you are missing out and there’s nothing you can do about it. Blogger and entrepreneur Anil Dash wrote...

    Getting Over Your Fear of Missing Out

  • The Importance Of Delegation

    The Importance Of Delegation

    There's only so much that you can achieve working on your own , that's why it's important to delegate effectively. To...

    Team Management Skills: The Core Skills Needed to Manage Your Team

  • The Four Villains of Decision Making

    Narrow framing: The tendency to define our choices in binary terms. We ask, "should I, or shouldn't I?" instead of “W...

    The Four Villains of Decision Making

  • The "ice" that needs to be broken

    When designing your ice breaker, think about the "ice" that needs to be broken. If you are bringing together like-mi...

    Ice Breakers: Getting Everyone to Contribute at the Start of a Successful Event