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The clarity river
Episode 24529th May 2023 • Irresistible Communication • Dr. Michael Gerharz
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Why clarity works differently than we might intuitively think and why we should embrace that … 

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The word “clarity” invites a binary view on the matter.

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Either you have clarity or not.

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But that's hardly how it works in real life.

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Actually, it's more like a river that grows and grows as it progresses

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down the valleys and accumulates more and more smaller streams.

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And each time two streams merge, that's the moment that feels like

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this stroke of insight where you have that sudden leap in clarity.

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Think of something you've mastered over the years.

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I bet there was this early moment of insight when suddenly you

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understood some core concept.

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But then maybe even years after, you look at that same concept and feel

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like that early feeling of clarity was really just scratching the surface.

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Today, with all of your experience, you have a much deeper understanding

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of how all the dots connect.

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You have a much deeper feeling of clarity.

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Also, you can speak with much greater clarity about these things.

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And yet, a few years down the road, you might look back at

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today with that same feeling.

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You've barely scratched the surface and it will feel like only now are

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you really starting to see clearly.

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Clarity is not a binary state.

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Clarity accumulates through rigorous thinking and rigorous

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efforts of expressing what you see.

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Clarity really is a process.

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