Clarity is the capacity to distinguish what is relevant from what is merely loud.
Clarity is the capacity to distinguish what is relevant from what is merely loud.
It includes separating observation from interpretation, knowledge from assumption and uncertainty from confusion.
Clarity is not the same as certainty.
In fact, one of the clearest things a person can sometimes say is, “I don’t know yet.”
Clarity improves decisions because it reduces the amount of invisible material being treated as fact.
What happened? What did I infer? What am I feeling? What evidence do I actually have?
When those questions become distinguishable, complicated situations become easier to think about without pretending they are simple.