Quotes About Clarity

Below are the key questions I asked to arrive at this cord-cutting conclusion. I revisit these questions often, usually every month. I hope they help you remove noise and internal conflict from your life. Are You Doing What You're Uniquely Capable of, What You Feel Placed Here on Earth to Do? Can You Be Replaced?

the best opportunities may not even catch your attention at first. More often than not, great opportunities look unattractive on the surface. What makes an opportunity great is upside. If the potential upside were explicitly clear, the opportunity would have already been taken.

Be focused on work or focused on something else, never in-between.

I was also afraid of "losing my edge," as if meditation would make me less aggressive or driven. That was unfounded; meditation simply helps you channel drive toward the few things that matter, rather than every moving target and imaginary opponent that pops up.

Most situations are simple—many are just emotionally difficult to act upon.

La vida es demasiado corta para tenerla ocupada.

meditation simply helps you channel drive toward the few things that matter, rather than every moving target and imaginary opponent that pops up.

Making effective decisions—and learning effectively—requires massive elimination and the removal of options.

What I discovered, which is what many writers discover, is that I write in order to think. I'd say, 'I think I have an idea,' but when I begin to write it, I realize, 'I have no idea,' and I don't actually know what I think until I try and write it. . . . That was the revelation.

La perfección no se alcanza cuando no hay nada más que añadir, sino cuando ya no queda nada que quitar. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803–1882)

The easiest way to avoid being overwhelmed is to create positive constraints: put up walls that dramatically restrict whatever it is that you're trying to do.

How to Say "No" When It Matters Most "The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." —Lin Yutang "Discipline equals freedom." —Jocko Willink (page 412)

My confidence came from my vision. . . . I am a big believer that if you have a very clear vision of where you want to go, then the rest of it is much easier.

El genio es solamente la facultad superior de ver.» JOHN RUSKIN, afamado artista y crítico social

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 Co-founder and former CEO of Apple

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace." –Robert J. Sawyer

the importance of creating large, uninterrupted blocks of time, during which your mind can wander, ponder, and find the signal amidst the noise. If you're lucky, it might even create a signal, or connect two signals (core ideas) that have never shaken hands before.

Ricardo Semler, CEO and majority owner of the Brazil-based Semco Partners, practices asking "Why?" three times. This is true when questioning his own motives, or when tackling big projects. The rationale is identical to Derek's.

being able to view things as they are as opposed to what everybody says about them,

Tell people what you want, not what you don't want, and keep it simple.

The quality of your questions determines the quality of your life.

if you have a very clear vision of where you want to go, then the rest of it is much easier.

My answer is: Be clear that your ladder is leaning against the right building.