June 2011
Beginner
226 pages
2h 51m
English
Idea 21: First, think through what you want to say
What can be said at all can be said clearly.
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher
Finding the true simplicity in your professional field’s body of knowledge should be one of the key objects of your own thinking and study. If you can achieve that, then one of the rewards is that you will have greatly enhanced your power to communicate to others.
Willy Brandt, former Chancellor of what was then West Germany, said of Jean Monnet, the father of the Common Market that led to today’s European Union: ‘He had the ability to put complicated matters into simple formulae.’ Doubtless in politics simplicity is a sign of statesmanship, just as it accompanies outstanding ability in the arts and sciences. ...
