Rewrite — “It’s common to be the smart one who doesn’t know what’s going on. I recommend writing down the framework your team uses to make big decisions. Then, when a colleague brings up an idea that’s not intuitive to you, think through their idea using your own framework. From there, work to build empathy and engage in constructive conversations.”
A second simplification technique for talking to children is to use fewer ideas per sentence.
Consider this terrible paragraph:
"Data describing the structural and functional capabilities iran mobile database of human gut bacteria under a variety of conditions are rapidly increasing. Ongoing efforts to further characterize the mechanisms underlying the numerous functions of gut bacteria and their interactions will lead to a better understanding of the role of the microbiota in human health and disease."
Let's rewrite it for a 13-year-old:
"There's a lot of research going on about gut bacteria. We're learning what roles gut bacteria play and how they interact with each other. Researchers want to better understand how these bacteria impact our overall health."
The sentences in the original paragraph each contain two ideas. This is a hindrance. You can’t fully understand the context of a sentence until you’ve finished reading it. Therefore, the longer the sentence, the more details you have to grasp in your mind at once. This makes it even harder to understand an already complex point.