I am literally dumber for having listened to you.

What happened to clear and concise communication?

Laser Focus, sunset, shoehorn, synergy, unpack, agreeance, authentic, streamlined the list goes on.

People forgot how to talk. Text messaging and business jargon has reduced long form, intellectual conversation to garbled trash and mouth diarrhea.

People judge you on how you present ideas. It’s that simple. When you are unable to deliver your ideas in a clear, concise and intentional manner everyone looses interest, they doubt your confidences, and question your intelligence.

Just because you use several, multi-syllable words in a sentence, glued haphazardly together with some awful business jargon; it does not make you sound any smarter . In fact, the more business jargon you use, the more people tend to realize that you actually have no clue what you are talking about.

Reggie Watts illustrates this perfectly in his Ted Talk. He manages to say nothing by saying a lot.

It’s not so much , as so little, as to do with, what everything is, but it is within our self interest to understand the topography of our lives. The future states, that there is no time, other than the collapsation of the sensation of the mirror of the memories of which we are living. Common knowledge, but important nonetheless.

Yea dude, whatever you say.

On the other hand, we have people who open their mouth and literally say whatever. Take Trump, a perfect example of a man, who opens his mouth with absolutely no intention.

“Many conversations. I just had one with a certain senator that was very convincing to that senator. So I’ve done a lot.”

-Your 45th president

WHAT.

Take a second and listen to your work environment. Listen to how many people stuff business jargon into their sentences. Well, not only have you wasted my time, but I still have no idea what you are trying to tell me. So, do everyone a favor—think before you speak.

Einstein once said, you truly know something when you can explain it to a six year old. Well, I can promise you no six year old has any need for jargon and you’re not convincing anyone of your mastery of a subject by using your unnecessary vocabulary.