How to avoid redundant communication/miscommunication?

[youdunsay]

Any tips or advice to avoiding redundant communication and miscommunication, especially when passing the message through emails or communicator?

 

I have the tendency to reconfirm and I don't really want to make assumptions.

[Tayla]

Clarification is key in communication.

 

If someone has conveyed an idea or process that is as clear as mud, its best to ask them to state in a different way to directly get the thought thru.

 

It drives me up the wall though if someone doesn't comprehend a clear directive , such as " close the door", that they go, Can you repeat that in a different way? Or they parrot what you just said as if they have no clue what was asked.