Clarity (What)

A message is clear when it is easily understood, free from confusion or ambiguity, and straightforward in meaning or expression.

Clarity extends on a continuum from unclear to partially clear to clear.

Clarity (Why)

• So your receiver will know exactly what you want them to know; it maximizes your chances of achieving your purpose.

Clarity (How To)

Framework

Repetitions: Repeat the following actions until your message is clear.

1. Figure out exactly what you want to say.

2. Figure out the best ways to achieve clarity: examples, definitions, precise language and so on.

3. Assess and improve the clarity.

Tips

1. AI Assistants (ChatGPT, Gemini, CoPilot) are super useful.

   1. Suggested Prompt: Assess this text for clarity.

2. In oral comm, ask people if they can paraphrase so that you can check to see if you are clear or not.

3. Accept that you can be clear but this does not mean people will respond in the ways you want them to respond.