Quotes About Clarity

What do you want?" is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer.

Don't confuse the complex with the difficult. Most situations are simple—many are just emotionally difficult to act upon.

People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things." –Steve Jobs

Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask. After all, conscious thinking is largely asking and answering questions in your own head.

Sometimes, you think you have to figure out your life's purpose, but you really just need some macadamia nuts and a cold fucking shower.

Out of clutter, find simplicity. —Albert Einstein

But I will say this: the more clear I am about what my goals are, the more easily I can say no.

In the world of ideas, to name something is to own it. If you can name an issue, you can own the issue." —Thomas L. Friedman

Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid. —HEINRICH HEINE,

18. Notice how I take "you" out of the sentence to avoid finger-pointing, even though it's implicit. "Normally, you make priorities clear" sounds like a backhanded insult. If this is a significant other, you can skip this formality, but never use "you always do X," which is just a fight starter.

Before spending time on a stress-inducing question or problem, consider this: If you can't define it or act upon it, forget it.

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt—it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else."—Hal Boyle.

Once we get those muddy, maddening, confusing thoughts [nebulous worries, jitters, and preoccupations] on the page, we face our day with clearer eyes.

This is very similar to Derek Sivers's (page 184) "Don't be a donkey" rule. In a world of distraction, single-tasking is a superpower.

It's when I'm fuzzy about where I'm headed that I start to say yes to things willy-nilly. And I've been burned enough times by FOMO-based and ego-based decision-making to know that I'll always regret choosing to do something for the wrong reason.

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away." –Antoine de Saint-Exupéry French writer, author of The Little Prince

It is vain to do with more what can be done with less. —WILLIAM OF OCCAM (1300–1350), originator of "Occam's Razor

Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid. —HEINRICH HEINE, German critic and poet

Then, I did what I often do—whether considering a business decision, personal relationship, or otherwise—I asked myself the one question that helps answer many others . . . What would this look like if it were easy?

Once you realize that you can turn off the noise without the world ending, you're liberated in a way that few people ever know

Me di cuenta de que distanciarse de la situación, para poder ver lo que está pasando, es crucial.

3. En caso de duda, córtales el oxígeno.

Algunos recursos resultan obvios a primera vista, mientras

Once You Have Some Success—If It's Not a "Hell, Yes!" It's a "No