Confusing people isn’t the same as impressing them. If nobody understood it, nobody’s going to remember it.

Complexity is often mistaken for depth by the person producing it. If nobody followed you, nothing was transmitted, and the admiration you were hoping for turns into polite nodding. Clear explanation is harder than complicated explanation, which is exactly why it reads as authority. Being remembered requires being understood first.

Take something you know well and explain it to someone outside the subject. Watch for the sentence where their face changes, then rebuild from there. If you cannot make it simple, that usually means you know it less thoroughly than you thought, which is useful information rather than an insult.