Clarity

Level 6: Grand Master Goose Wrangler

The Traveler is sitting on the rock beside the path.

There's two choices in front of him.

And instead of rushing forward,

He takes the time to be Certain his path is going to take him there.

In order to be Certain,

He must be Clear.

Who is this Traveler?

Where is he in life?

What does he really desire?

We've arrived to the beginning. We started with Collapsing Time¹ because that's where everyone wants to begin. We walked back through Certainty² which you must have in order to Collapse Time (and get what you want in life).

If you haven't read Certainty, go read that first:

Certainty

Now we're at the beginning.

The place most people either don't want to go, fear to go, or are oblivious to.

Clarity.

A seemingly most mundane place to begin, is the most important piece to th-

SKKKZZEEEETTT

We interrupt this incredibly boring article TO BRING YOU THIS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ---

You Can't Walk From A to B If You Don't Know Where The F#$% You Even ARE

Seems like that should be obvious

No?

Like,

Go ahead and draw a line from point A to point B,

Only

Don't have a point A.

Don't have a starting point.

Draw a line to point B, I'll wait.

Go ahead.

I'm not going anywhere.

NO CHEATING NOW!

Remember, your line can't have a starting point in this exercise.

The author is now sitting back and whittling a spoon while you attempt the lesson

Ok good,

Now that we've established the absurdity,

Let's get into why this isn't as easy as it looks.

Actually,

Before we do that ...

Let's jack up the absurdity.

We're here at Clarity, and this is the third part of our series. We started with Collapsing Time because that's where most people want to start.

They want to go REALLY FAST towards the thing they think they want.

They do it without Certainty, without knowing that the path their taking to get where they want is going to actually get them there ...

And they're doing that because they don't have Clarity.

Ok so,

Now draw that line again

REALLY REALLY FAST

GO NOW

QUICK

I'm imagining you flailing your pen vaguely over a sheet of paper as fast as possible unable to actually draw a line because you have no starting point and no direction for the line to go in.

Thats you ...

If you're trying to Collapse Time before you attain Certainty, which you can't attain without Clarity.

Just

WILDLY FLINGING YOURSELF ABOUT LIFE

Like an absolutely insane Goose that thinks anything which moves needs to be attacked.

Ok,

Let's get back to reality on Clarity here:

You want to get what you want in life as soon as possible.

So before we move fast towards whatever that is, we want to be Certain the path we are going to take is going to get is there.

Without knowing where you are starting from, mapping the path is impossible.

But Clarity is deeper than knowing where you are.

It's also knowing WHO you are.

How Do Most Deal With Clarity?

The answer is simple.

Most DON'T.

Picture a plucky enthusiastic and hopeful individual who wants to break out of the 9-5 rat race. They dream of a life where they can wake up whenever they want, the only boss they have to answer to is themselves, and they never have to worry about money again.

Beautiful dream.

So one day while they are browsing Facebook on the toilet at work, they run across a post which talks about making $10k/mo with a "faceless" Youtube channel.

You mean,

They can make MORE than they make NOW, with easy to make videos on Youtube which don't even require them to be on camera? Hot dog what a deal! They can make videos this should be easy!

They buy the course.

They buy the software.

They buy all the equipment they need.

They go deep into the nuances of how to make a really good youtube video. They study and they study. Finally after months of trying to make the perfect video, they've done it!

Upload.

I think dear reader you can see where this is going.

Our budding entrepreneur ...

BECAME AN INSTANT OVERNIGHT MILLIONAIRE MAJOR SUCCESS YAY!!!!

*PSYCHE!!!!!!!!*

Major burn on you I know.

Obviously they got crickets, because building something that valuable takes more than vague dreams and ill-defined desires.

They'll never know why it didn't work though.

But as they spent all of their money investing in this dream boat, and they are now stranded on the island of lost souls, they'll forever blame every single other thing and person out there instead of themselves for why it didn't work out.

The course sucked. They got the wrong equipment/software. The people watching the video just didn't get it and are stupid.

Its probably not so extreme.

Maybe they just needed to make a lot more videos. To stick with it. To grind it out.

Maybe they had nothing valuable to offer through a Youtube channel to begin with.

Maybe they suck with video and hate the process so they'll never be able to do well with it.

Maybe they are great with video, but not in a way that they need to be in order to make the kind of living they desire from it.

This person started out wanting something.

They saw this opportunity and they thought THAT was the thing which would get them what they wanted.

They thought it was easy.

They thought it was the thing they needed to do.

But the reality of their scenario is they fixated on a vague desire, and as soon as they saw a gas pedal in front of their foot they slammed their foot down.

Without telling what was in front of them.

Without knowing that they were even on a path their vehicle could travel.

Without even knowing what the vehicle was that they were in.

Without having ANY knowledge or understanding of whether that gas pedal would make them go backwards, forwards, or EXPLODE.

Ok ok

I can hear you breathing "BUT BUT BUT THAT'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP"

Naw buddy.

That's more like "BULLSHIP." Entrepreneurship involves making things, solving problems, and taking risks YES ...

But this is exactly what we are saying.

The people who get what they want in life, and get it fast, they have the following established:

They know who they are.

They know where they are, what they have, what they can do with it.

AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT.

Therefore they are able to map a Certain path to get there, and then find the ways to arrive as quickly as possible.

This isn't an Entrepreneurship thing, it's a life thing.

How about health and fitness?

Without any research I can confidently say that the most common way people choose a diet or exercise "program" for themselves is based 97% of the time on what everyone else around them is doing (and to the extent they are influenced by marketing through social media).

(I definitely didn't pick that number off the top of my head)

"I read that Keto is the best way to lose fat I'm gonna do that!"

Bet you didn't think through how Keto would destroy your metabolism and give you significant problems 10 years from now, did you?

(I don't know if that's what's going to happen to you with Keto, I'm not an expert on biology, nor am I an expert on YOU, but that's the whole damn point)

Whole 30? Paleo? Biking? Weight Lifting? Pilades? Yoga?

There's nothing wrong with any of these things.

But how many people stop and think "let me get to really know myself and how I react to different foods and physical activity, and how that all fits into my life, and whether making certain diet or exercise changes are going to be manageable and sustainable in my life?"

My answer is 3 people.

Everyone else is going "HAPPY NEW YEAR! Yea NOW I can get in shape!"

Ok Jim.

But maybe all you really need to do is sleep a bit more, eat more veggies, and move your ass more each day.

Remember that bit about Frequency and Intensity from Certainty?

Let's take Jim as a sacrificial lamb in our examples here. (For the concerned, Jim doesn't exist, and no lambs will be harmed)

Jim works at a computer for a day job, and thus spends most of the time during the day sitting on his ass. In the past Jim has done diets, and he used to work out pretty regularly. Covid shut down all that for him (for a variety of all the excuses).

Now, if Jim suddenly decides to do Whole 30 and work out 5 times a week, he's going to fall on his face pretty rapidly.

He's been doing none of those things, and suddenly fitting all that into his life and around his family is going to be really hard.

Plus, does Jim even really WANT to do Whole 30?

Does he feel good and excited and motivated to make his food plans around those restrictions?

Does he WANT to work out 5 times a week?

Does he even know what he would do which could be effective for him?

If Jim doesn't want to injure himself and fall back off the wagon for another yet, he best stop and get some CLARITY.

So,

Let's talk about what that Clarity Is.

Actually, first,

One more thing.

I want to point out a common thread throughout all of this,

You may have picked up on this, if perhaps subconsciously.

Look through all the examples we've gone over where people have failed to get what they want.

All the scenarios where people have lacked clarity, where they've lacked certainty, where they've attempted to collapse time not even knowing where they are going ...

What do you think they have in common?

Did you answer ...

They are all Forms?

DING DING DING!!!!

WE HAVE A WINNER JONNY. SHOW THEM WHAT THEY'VE WON!!!!

IIiiiitttssss a FANCY NEW DINETTE SET FROM ROYHILL!!!

No wait,

Wrong show.

What you win is the clarity of perspective on Form vs Function.³

"Form" is the thing. Its "a keto diet." It's "making a faceless youtube channel."

The Function is the outcome you desire from the thing. It’s “feeling good in your body.” It’s “more stamina to play with my kids.” It’s “making enough money to live on while working at home.”

Our "trapped in the 9-5" person who wasted tons of time and money on a faceless youtube channel was focused on *the thing* because they thought that's what they needed to get the outcome they desired.

Clarity ...

Is about deeply understanding The Function you are after.

In order to do that ... ?