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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

I think you’re hitting on something really important here Manuel. Clarity isn’t just something that appears on its own. People have to find their clarity and their why. Some find it quicker than others, but it’s definitely something you have to work at.

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Anna's avatar

I appreciate Manuel’s post for similar reasons. I'm feeling a lack of clarity right now. I'm not experiencing ‘clarity’ as emerging on its own. So, I can see that journaling something as simple as “what do you want” on a daily basis might be helpful. It seems like a simple thing to do. But, making a daily commitment to self-reflection may help me pick up on themes or patterns that I wasn't seeing before.

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Manuel Saez's avatar

Agree, Anna. Think about this… Knowing you lack clarity is already a huge step towards finding clarity.

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

I think it does help Anna. I know in the past when I was going through things, I journaled regularly. I found it did help me sort through what I was feeling which can be a big part of what keeps us blocked.

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Manuel Saez's avatar

True, Bette, Journaling is a great way to find clarity…

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Rosemary's avatar

Great advice! Thank for sharing.

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Manuel Saez's avatar

🤜💥🤛

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Anjali Krishnakumar's avatar

This is an interesting share, Manuel! I've taken your father's wise words to my journal. A perspective to always remember by! <3

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Manuel Saez's avatar

I love to hear that, Anjali, and I am sure my Dad would also :)

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Sue Reid's avatar

Firstly, I love the word unstoppable. It’s one of my favourite and it is powerful. I love how you work on your goals all the time. Doing that trains your mind to focus on what you want. Your energy vibration lifts and you attract the people and opportunities that will get you there. It’s not magic it’s using your mind in the right way 💕

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Manuel Saez's avatar

Thanks for the kind words, Sue!

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Sue Reid's avatar

I really liked your post Manuel 💕

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Andrew Lynch's avatar

I agree that there are no lazy people. But I see motivation as something that happened, not something to chase.

I agree with you about clarity. Finding clarity is perfect, because it’s neutral. Finding motivation, to me, is a distraction.

When I seriously look at motivation, it only ever exists in the past. Was I motivated? Yes. If I was not motivated? Why?

I think there’s too much emphasis on motivation and productivity. Productivity happens when we are engaged. Chasing productivity is like chasing motivation.

We are better off finding clarity, or even chasing it.

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Manuel Saez's avatar

I get you, Andrew.

I agre with this, “But I see motivation as something that happened, not something to chase.”

Perhaps the goal is to create the environment for motivation to arise

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Andrew Lynch's avatar

Yes, I think so. Otherwise you’re just teasing yourself. Hope is not always useful.

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Guru Raghunathan's avatar

Love this post, Manuel! Clarity is such an underrated superpower. Your post resonates so much with me. May I invite you to guest-post this article on my publication Germinate? I don’t have a large audience, but I’m on a mission to touch the lives of 1 million humans, and people could benefit from this wisdom. Please let me know either way. Thanks!

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Manuel Saez's avatar

Thanks, Guru. I would love to do it.

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Leigh Prideaux's avatar

Absolute clarity not only motivates you to focus but actually gets you excited for the journey, awesome 🙏

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Manuel Saez's avatar

That is the most fun, and when you do your best work...

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Ravi R's avatar

Reflection and course correction is the key.

In In chemical process we have two systems one is "Open" loop just input, process and output. Another one is "closed" loop, with one additional "feedback" circuit which fine tune and perfects the process continuously. Our life will be better with closed loop approach.

Thanks Manuel Saez!

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Manuel Saez's avatar

Great insight, Ravi! thanks for sharing

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