Introduction

“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.”

Herbert Simon, Economist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1978

“If a pond is clouded with mud, there's nothing you can do to make the water clear. But when you allow the mud to settle, it will clear on its own, because clarity is the water's natural state…”

Clarity is your mind's natural state.

For many years, I've been sharing this simple metaphor in workshops and seminars with business leaders, military personnel, entrepreneurs, coaches, therapists and private individuals. As people allow their mud to settle, clarity emerges, and they discover they have what they need for the job at hand.

So what is clarity, and why does ...

Get Clarity, 2nd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.