Asking someone to explain it again isn’t slow. Nodding along lost is what’s slow.
GRATITUDE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Nodding along when you are lost feels efficient for about four minutes. After that you are sitting through an explanation you cannot use, and the confusion compounds every time the topic comes back. Asking costs a small hit to your image. Staying lost costs you the unit.
The next time the thread slips, say the honest version: you followed up to a point, and then not. Name where you lost it, because that makes the answer short for whoever is helping you.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Where are you nodding along while completely lost?
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