Comments on: It’s Dumb Not To Dumb It Down

By: The Week That Was Apr 04 - 10 | Blog Income Life

The Week That Was Apr 04 - 10 | Blog Income Life — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:03:04 +0000

[...] Pat Flynn - Its Dumb Not to Dumb it Down [...]

By: The Week That Was Apr 04 - 10 | Blog Income Life

The Week That Was Apr 04 - 10 | Blog Income Life — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:03:04 +0000

[...] Pat Flynn - Its Dumb Not to Dumb it Down [...]

By: Valentina

Valentina — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:17:49 +0000

What you write Pat is true. Some of our greatest authors wrote in simple language – think Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway but in no way was their work a dumbing down, if anything it promoted thought, discussion and many a panicked student at lit exam time and to that point there was nothing dumbing about your article either.

Having said that I understand why you used that term … it is a term that has garnered substantial currency in the mainstream. That is where I direct my argument to – and it is a chicken and egg thing – is it the media and the entertainment world that keeps lowering the bar, or is it just a reflection of who we are? If the latter I would like to challenge those of us who blog or publish in any way or speak in public to resist the temptation to limbo and do pole vaults instead. Maybe we can start a reversal at the grass roots level, one word/term at a time.

Just my two cents worth ………………..

By: Friday’s Links — A Meaningful Existence

Friday’s Links — A Meaningful Existence — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:17:44 +0000

[...] it be obvious? Pat Flynn at The Smart Passive Income Blog says not and shows us that It’s Dumb Not To Dumb It Down and that we should be trying very hard to overcome The Curse of Knowledge. A very interesting and [...]

By: Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:18:33 +0000

Hi Pat,

Yet another great post! One of the things I really enjoy about your blog & posts are the lessons usually can be applied to more than just blogging. You insights apply to general sales, marketing, and business development as well.

Last fall I started a blog aimed at sales professionals, http://www.sellinghasvalue.com, which is slanted toward enterprise & B2B software sale and your posts are often inspiration. In fact I just posted one today that references this post, along with some of your insights, but in the context of technical software presentations.

Thanks again for providing such great and valuable content!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:02:20 +0000

Great reminder how what is obvious to us is not obvious to others. It makes it easier to understand why people still read magazines. Perhaps it means that articles that cover narrow topics are better than covering a topic in general?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:06:37 +0000

In the Instructional Design world we call this “task analysis.” You think differently when you’re writing and creating the documentation and computer based training for 15,000 people. We see this “curse of knowledge” from corporate leadership all the time; frustrated as to why people out in the field don’t “get it.” Best way to hedge against this is to BETA test (your posts, your ebooks, your blog, etc.).

By: Chris Palmer

Chris Palmer — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:27:14 +0000

Hey Pat,
This is an area I’ve really been trying to focus on recently with my aviation training business. A lot of advanced fans of mine keep asking, ‘why don’t you do something on this subject, or that subject?’. Usually those subjects are complicated, so I say, ‘You know, we all start somewhere. People just don’t know about that stuff yet. We’ve got to be MUCH more basic than that.’.

For instructing aviation, it’s REALLY important.

Cool thoughts.

Thanks

By: Wilson Usman

Wilson Usman — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:19:44 +0000

I feel bad for this because I am like this, I think I “dumb it down” to much sometimes. And it’s because I just want to make sure that its understandable to everyone. I am thinking on behave of maybe someone that might be foreign like me you know? So I hope all my audience is okay with it.

By: Wilson Usman

Wilson Usman — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:16:12 +0000

Good books Glen I liked tribes a lot now I am reading Linchpin, I’m on the resistance chapter. what a great book man I totally agree