Quotes About Clarity

tell a man what you require without making it feel like you're ticking off a list of demands.

Instead of telling him what you like, tell him what you don't like, and then see how he responds; let him research and dig and figure out how to get to your sweet spot.

If he says something silly like "I'm just trying to make it day by day," run. If his long-term plan is the same as his short-term plan, get out. Immediately. Because his answer tells you that he hasn't thought his life through, or he doesn't see you in it and so he has no reason to divulge the details to you.

What's your price? If you let him know up front, he will let you know up front if it's too high a price for him to pay. And then you can move on.

Almost everything: all external expectations, all pride all fear of embarrassment or failure. These tings just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.

Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

Don't let the noice of others opinions drown out your inner voice.

Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.

It doesn't matter how many times I have to click, as long as each click is a mindless, unambiguous choice.

Don't make me think

Get rid of half the words on each page, then get rid of half of what's left.

Your objective should always be to eliminate instructions entirely by making everything self-explanatory, or as close to it as possible. When instructions are absolutely necessary, cut them back to a bare minimum.

Happy talk must die

The main thing you need to know about instructions is that no one is going to read them—at least not until after repeated attempts at "muddling through" have failed.

Keep it simple, so you'll keep doing it.

The fact that the people who built the site didn't care enough to make things obvious—and easy—can erode our confidence in the site and the organization behind it.

It doesn't matter how many times I have to click, as long as each click is a mindless, unambiguous choice. —KRUG'S SECOND LAW OF USABILITY

Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading.

The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.

A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success."

A lack of clarity is food for failure."

At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets."