Quotes About Clarity

How do you know when you're getting dumber? It gets harder, and harder to tell, doesn't it?

Your job as a writer is to say as truthfully as you can what you see and how you feel. Writing is a high-wire act. It's best not to look at the other circus performers but to attend to the wire.

Stupidity is the monocle of Intelligence.

To feel successful, you must be able to be honest about the things that are really important to you.

You can't say as much as you can in writing, but you can say what you say with great conviction.

The real courage is seeing the truth and speaking the truth to each other.

This is the way high-purpose environments work. They are about sending not so much one big signal as a handful of steady, ultra-clear signals that are aligned with a shared goal.

She's really listening, hearing what you said and asking what it means, digging deeper," says Nili Metuki, design researcher. "She doesn't let things stay unclear, even when they're uncomfortable. Especially when they're uncomfortable

These groups, who by all rights should know what they stand for, devote a surprising amount of time telling their own story, reminding each other precisely what they stand for—then repeating it ad infinitum.

He's very smart, but the smartest thing about him is that he thinks sort of like an eight-year-old," says Jeanne Markel, director of culture for the Downtown Project. "He keeps things really simple and positive when it comes to people.

Creating engagement around a clear, simple set of priorities can function as a lighthouse, orienting behavior and providing a path toward a goal.

Mastering your mind and gaining separation or psychological distance from the noise in your head is essential to protecting happiness.

Having clearly defined values, purpose, and goals are essential to a strong foundation for happiness.

For you to consistently make the right decisions regarding your brain, you must have a burning desire to get it healthy. Why do you care about your brain? Write it down and look at it every day. Write down at least five important reasons to get healthy, such as these: Living longer Looking younger Feeling happier Feeling calmer and more relaxed Making better decisions Having better energy Increasing mental clarity Being a better role model for my children

People with well-developed emotional skills are also more likely to be content and effective in their lives, mastering the habits of mind that foster their own productivity; people who cannot marshal some control over their emotional life fight inner battles that sabotage their ability for focused work and clear thought.

if we stick with a task too long, we lose sight of the goal

So get rid of the unnecessary obligations, time-wasting distractions, and useless burdens that stand in your way.

We often understand something better when we see it in comparison with something else than when we see it in isolation.

Fully detached beats semidetached.

Clarity depends on contrast. In

He who laughs last doesn't get it." —HELEN GIANGREGORIO

The lesson: Clarity on how to think without clarity on how to act can leave people unmoved.

He said that in an attempt to understand the law—or, for that matter, just about anything—the key was to focus on what he termed the "one percent." Don't get lost in the crabgrass of details, he urged us. Instead, think about the essence of what you're exploring—the one percent that gives life to the other ninety-nine.

People at work are thirsting for context, yearning to know that what they do contributes to a larger whole. And a powerful way to provide that context is to spend a little less time telling how and a little more time showing why.