Communication Taught from Simple to Complex

I was taught the K.I.S.S. principle long ago in coaching. It is also important for communication and in particular in teaching people how to define words by other words.

My favorite example of this recently is the relationship between the Golden Rule and the 2nd Greatest Commandment from the Bible. One reads: "Do for others what you would have them do for you." The second reads: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

I think you can go along way toward defining the words of the second from the first set of the first. It would look like this:

"Love" means "do for" (at its least)
"Your" means "you" (at its least)
"neighbor" means "other" (at its least)
"as" means "what you would have them (others) do for you (in contrast to others)"
"yourself" means "you" (at its least)

Sometimes in teaching communication we need to remember the rule that it is good to keep things simple initially and only later move people up to a higher level. I hope this example demonstrates to you the rule of K.I.S.S.

Sincerely,

Jon