If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it yet

Try to teach someone something you think you know.

Really try to explain it clearly.

Suddenly you realize: You don't actually understand it.

Because understanding and being able to explain are different skills.

You can know something abstractly. But explaining it forces clarity.

And clarity reveals the gaps.

Most people avoid teaching because they think they need to be an expert first.

But teaching is how you become the expert.

Because teaching forces you to think clearly.

To organize your thoughts. To find the words. To answer their questions.

And those questions expose what you don't know.

So the person who teaches early learns faster than the person who waits to be expert.

Here's what happens:

Person A: Waits 5 years to be "expert" before teaching. Then teaches.

Person B: Teaches after 6 months. Gets questions that force deeper learning. By year 2, surpasses Person A.

Same timeline. Different approach.

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Person B learned through teaching. Person A learned before teaching.

One is faster.

I thought I understood email until I tried to teach it.

Student asked: "Why does that work?"

I couldn't explain it clearly. Realized I understood the tactic but not the principle.

So I went deeper. Learned the real mechanics.

Came back and taught better.

But I only went deeper because teaching forced me to.

So if you're waiting to be expert before you teach:

Stop.

Start teaching now.

Your students' questions will teach you more than years of study.

Teaching isn't what you do after you learn.

Teaching is how you learn.

Talk soon, Dyl - Founder of Relentlece.

P.S. What could you teach right now even though you don't feel like an expert? Teach that. You'll learn faster.

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