Utkarsh Amitabh argues that clarity about your goals and strategy is real power because it lets you get what you want and help others do the same. He warns against distracting consumption and energy-draining networks, and says to surround yourself with driven, curious people.
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Clarity is power. Whether it comes to figuring out what you want to do with your life, whether it's career advancement, whether it's trying to figure out strategy for your company or your startup, essentially what all of us are trying to do is to get more clear every day. Clarity is power. But we do our best to confuse ourselves all the time. We read and consume all kinds of junk, we spend time with people who drain our energy, and we barely sit with ourselves and try and figure out what are the problems that need us the most, what are the people that need us the most. And because we don't immerse ourselves in the context where we can progressively become more clear, we are clouded and we feel a sense of time, famine, energy, famine. We feel that we are pulled in all kinds of direction. And while the context and the situation is definitely something that can be blamed, but some part of the responsibility is also ours. Our consumption diet, our network diet is really important when we try and think of what might be a way to become more clear one inch at a time. If I look at my school days, my college days, my business school days, some of the most beneficial things that I've done is surrounding myself with people who are driven, curious and motivated to be more. And most importantly, help others be more. And you'll realize when you try and work from that standpoint, you take one concrete step towards clarity. The reason I call clarity power is what is power? Power is the ability to get the outcome you want and help get the outcome in legitimate ways. I'm talking about legitimate power here. So if you want to build a system where you are, you know, doing justice to your one precious wildlife, it is important that you immerse yourself towards this mission and don't stop at getting clarity for yourself. Once you have clarity for yourself, take that to your friends. Once you have that to your friends, take that to your community. Once you do that, once you're able to scale clarity, that is the day you become a leader. Whether it's in business, whether in society, whether it's in politics. Your ultimate mission is becoming clear and enabling others to become clear. I hope this was useful and I look forward to sharing more of this in the Network Capital tv. I don't know what I want to do with my life Fellowship and the CEO fellowship. And as you all know, we've started a chain of schools. Classes start on July 10, so if you know somebody, some children who are really interested in learning the Network Capital way, please send them our way. Thank you very much for your support and time. See you all soon.
