How to Avoid Misunderstanding: Use Abe Lincoln's Foolproof Strategy!

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This video describes a technique that Abe Lincoln used repeatedly to help him avoid misunderstanding.

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Communication can be hazardous, and one of the main hazards is that we will be misunderstood.

Sometimes the misunderstandings are bad, the kind that ruin our relationships or careers.

You say something to a friend. It seems perfectly clear that you were joking.

But maybe you wrote it in an email, and there were not enough context for them to realize you were not being serious.

Or you have to give written instructions to a colleague about an important task. You think the instructions are unambiguous, but they misunderstand and screw up a task for a big client.

Wouldn't it be nice if there were a way to avoid these situations?

There is! And it comes from an unlikely source. Abraham Lincoln.

Old Abe did not have email, but he wrote a lot of letters and telegrams to cranky, oversensitive, narcissistic generals who were always on the verge of getting their gigantic egos bruised.

So he developed a technique that would allow him to avoid the worst misunderstandings.

He told people what he DID NOT MEAN.

Watch this video, and learn:

---The exact phrases Lincoln used to make himself clear.
---How to clarify your intentions by explicitly denying what you don't mean.
---The fundamental reason why communication is so prone to breakdown, and what can be done about it.