What Are You Trying to Say?

Sometimes, I find myself talking while my audience has a puzzled look on their face. It doesn't matter how much I prepared my speech, the message is just not getting through. But then they ask: What are you trying to say? Somehow, this shifts the conversation entirely. Instead of trying to sound smart and interesting, I start telling them exactly what I'm trying to say. The fluff disappears, the jargon fades, and I'm left with the raw information in its most primitive form. And somehow...