You say it, but do they understand it?

Yesterday, as I was getting my skis 🎿 on, an instructor tells me "TGIF!"

No, he didn't mean THAT #tgif.

He was telling me, "Toes Go In First." 💡 But that wasn't what I heard. And for a Sunday, his #fridaytalk sounded strange. When communicating, it isn't good enough to be clear on your end. Be sure that what you're saying is clear on the listener's (or reader's) end as well. Ask them to repeat back what they heard. Tell them to offer a relevant application or next steps. Be sure that what you communicated was properly internalized.