How to explain things so anyone will understand

[@matthuang21]

Not mentioned in this video, but using analogies to explain concepts is another useful tip - part of understanding your audience is using examples that you know they will grasp easily. Plus, analogies are just a lot of fun 🙂. Let me know which tips you found most helpful!

[@vickyhsu378]

Reading minds of audiences is the key to deliver the right and effective solution to them.

[@williamseipp9691]

structure is the most helpful. If we want to communicate something to others then it's our job to identify the most important details and how to package them together so our audience 'gets it' without having their eyes glaze over.😊

[@linlet5561]

Your content are really gold brother, thank you so much for sharing your brain of knowledge in communication 🙏

[@MaryVogel-b1r]

You explain things in such an easy-to-understand way.

[@BrunoBridges-j4g]

You explain things better than anyone else!

[@matthuang21]

Thanks Bruno! Really appreciate it

[@michaelmuniz6087]

I've been watching all your videos for some time now but I have to admit that this video has been crucial now that I have been preparing for job interviews!

[@matthuang21]

Thanks Michael! Great running into you yesterday and congrats again!

[@qillerr_yt]

Hey Matt Love this video. Thanks for sharing your deep knowledge! I'd love to learn more about if you ever look for topics: 1. becoming more structured - How to shift from primarily bottom-up to top-down communication 2. leading meetings 3. workplace politics (probably not while you're employed in corporate ;) )

[@matthuang21]

Love these ideas!

[@annadang1610]

I'm curious what you think about when to use the top-down technique (key idea first - supporting ideas later) and when to use the context-based one (background first - ideas later)?

[@matthuang21]

Hey Anna, great question. Personally, I think top down communication is most important when you're talking to somebody a lot more senior than you, but it does depend on the situation. If you know the person will have a bad reaction to the recommendation delivered without context first, then it may make sense to provide more detail / reasoning first so that they don't feel like the idea is coming out of left field.

[@RaulThomas-r3n]

You always manage to explain things so clearly!

[@matthuang21]

Thanks Raul 🙏 appreciate u man

[@EdnaWood-e9o]

You’re so good at explaining things.

[@matthuang21]

I appreciate that!

[@jeremyjhee6024]

Using this for my job interviews this week. Thanks

[@DulceParkes-d8o]

You always explain things in a way I understand!

[@matthuang21]

Thanks for the kind comment! Glad it was helpful

[@KennethTuttle-l1i]

You have a fantastic way of explaining things!

[@matthuang21]

Thanks Kenneth!

[@alexmtbful]

You certainly understand what you are talking about (ELI5), structured it well with 3 steps, used empathy as good as possible and did an outline in the beginning. However, you did not prime our brains in the way that you outlined a structured 3 step approach nor used "Top-Down Communication". ;) Thanks for the video 👍

[@MrMcfire2]

Real interesting. FYI: Would be useful if you could stick to the sides of the whiteboard while you are speaking as you obviosuly have some really great content to share

[@matthuang21]

noted!

[@sebastianortizbuitrago147]

Great video! Thanks

[@101RealTalker]

Curious what you think about the correlation between what this video represents and Jordan Peterson's communication style?

[@Rahul_Prajapati-n9n]

😂😂 JBP's style is like spider web connecting any useless information to any point of discussion.

[@justsayin2620]

​@@Rahul_Prajapati-n9nThat's a lackluster assessment, but okay... Jordan Peterson has gorgeous articulation, that's why it sings to the same tune as what this video is representing, because people tell Jordan "you put into words that which I always thought but could never articulate myself."

[@zacharypetschko8569]

@@justsayin2620 🎯

[@syntax2679]

Using this for my close intrapersonal relationships. Thanks

[@matthuang21]

Glad it was helpful!

[@turkishdelight6032]

Hi Matt, do you ever feel guilty for spending much of your working day in a meeting room instead of at a regular desk? I realized that I work more productively when in a meeting space that I reserve. It’s quieter, and I feel more autonomous. Not that my manager is a micromanager who breaths down my neck, but I just feel a bit anxious around her and other people in the regular desk areas

[@matthuang21]

I know what you mean. I prefer solo work alone because being around groups for too long is draining. There are some benefits to working around other people though (e.g., being able to turn around and ask a question, optics / perception that you’re a hard worker), so I do try to balance how much time I’m away from my desk.

[@leonardcon6342]

Excellent explanation.

[@riqoxhale]

Excellent.

[@TheBucketlistBoiis]

Great video sir

[@matthuang21]

thanks sir

[@AB-ld1rp]

interesting structuring. btw, you can get a more comprehensive explanation of the "idea first" you can watch simon sinek in 2009

[@matthuang21]

will check that one out

[@donbhai2810]

Keep going, great job 👍👍👍

[@matthuang21]

thanks Don!

[@RYANCHEAH]

love the vid :)

[@matthuang21]

appreciate you bro!

[@lalori02]

your eye contact flusters me...

[@matthuang21]

should I wear sunglasses next time?

[@lalori02]

@matthuang21 idk, should you? But I don't think it'll help neither of us..

[@vnleao]

From Step 1 “A lot of us tend to overstate our own abilities” You need to go back to your own advice and know your audience. This is a tendency socialized into men. Women tend to do the exact opposite and underestimate their abilities or at least overestimate much less, especially when considering their abilities under the scrutiny of peers or superiors. Even in the famous Dunning-Kruger study you can see men overestimated themselves more than women. In your defense, you may have been taught that this mindset is universal (even out of the mouths of women) but that’s where you need to double down on taking responsibility to know your audience. Too many statistics and rhetoric in educational resource center men even if the verbiage used implies that it represents everyone. Be aware of the biases (and outright exclusion of women’s experiences in data) and take what you hear with a grain of salt. To give perspective, medicines even when made for women often aren’t tested on women, only men. Car crash tests woefully exclude dummies made to represent women, focusing on men only as drivers. Women are still profoundly excluded from consideration in generalizations about people in general. When you hear a statistic about “people,” assume first they only mean “the men we think deserve to be counted” unless proven otherwise. And even when women are included in data, be dubious about how the data actually represents them and stay critical of how it’s being interpreted in favor of looking for biases excluding the true lived experiences of women. Ok, carry on.

[@samkamat2978]

oh brother

[@vnleao]

@@samkamat2978 oh no you really put me in my place, I’ll go back to being a silent woman who is fine with the incessant violence of misogynistic culture touching absolutely everything in my everyday life. Better not damage my frail womanly constitution, we all know my simple mind can’t handle the lofty ideas of MEN 😂