There are some taxes no one should have to pay.
The explanation tax is paid when every conversation about your work starts with: “No, no, what I REALLY mean is…”
You explain. They nod. You explain the explanation. Now everybody’s tired.
If your work only makes sense after 14 minutes, 3 analogies, and a nervous smile, the issue probably isn’t your intelligence.
It’s the signal.
The painful part? You may actually be exceptional.
But audiences decide what something is fast. And once they place you in the wrong category, you spend the rest of the conversation trying to escape.
That’s exhausting.
Also expensive.
YES! to making things easier to understand before your soul leaves your body.