Communication

We went to a lecture/debate thing on this night, where two of the Psychology faculty members gave their views on things like agency and evolutionary psychology. It struck me that one of the participants was about 98% better at getting his meaning across than the other guy. I'm sure they both quite bright, they both know a lot of things about what they were discussing, and they're both excellent professors, but for some reason one of them was a much better communicator. This got me to thinking. I've always been impressed with people who can say what they think and say what they feel in a way that makes sense. I've never really been able to do that. I try to give my opinion on something, say what I'm thinking, or try to clarify something I'd already said incorrectly, and my words always get all jumbled or just don't make sense in the way that I meant them to. I can't ever seem to say what I really mean. My new goal is to learn to communicate better.