Speed Up Your Success by Mastering Two Dimensions of Clarity

“Lack of clarity is the primary reason for failure in business and personal life.” – Brian Tracy

CLARITY COMES AT DEFINING MOMENTS

My insanely looking decision originated back in my childhood.

I was affected by polio when I was six months old. I lost my ability to walk before I could reach the age of walking. The only way I could walk was by wearing calipers which weighed around 20 kg. I was popularly known as a one-legged guy. The more I was bullied or made fun of, the more I felt worthless and helpless.

I wanted to be known for something more than my disability. I wanted to be somebody else so badly. I needed something that could differentiate me from the crowd. When I thought about it, I realized the only way to make my mark in this world was by gaining “more” differentiating capabilities than others.

In 8th grade school, I happened to read a biography of Isaac Newton. He was a brilliant scientist. Most of us remember him for discovering Newton’s three laws of physics. Do you know that he was disabled too? He suffered from stuttering, epilepsy, and autism. Still, he discovered the most foundational laws of physics. Then I read about Thomas Edison – he was deaf. Albert Einstein also had learning disabilities. The famous Leonardo da Vinci is said to have dyslexia.

That struck me deeply. I thought if Newton and all these guys can, why can’t I? One day in school, I remember once, my teacher asked me, “What do you want to be?” “I want to be a scientist,” I replied. Every single person in the class gave me an ‘eye rolling’ reaction with an open jaw. Before this, I was a subject of being made fun of as a one-legged guy. Those eye-rolling reactions of my classmates told me this was it. Sometimes clarity strikes you like in a way that in a single moment, the whole path of your personal and professional life becomes clear to you.

CLARITY TAKES YOU TO PLACES YOU WANT

That clarity put me on a path which I had to achieve anyhow. Despite my condition and rejections by several colleges, at 21, I graduated as an electronics engineer.

I had a map in my head that guided me to what I wanted, why I wanted it, how I wanted it, when I wanted it, and where I wanted it. After graduating as an engineer, instead of choosing obvious, traditional paths that promised a glorious future, I worked with a $50 per month job. A year later, I became a scientist at 22 for one of India’s premier research labs.

I used that clarity as fuel to propel myself forward at a much higher speed than my peers.

TWO-DIMENSIONAL CLARITY CAN SPEED UP YOUR SUCCESS

Have you ever experienced in life when you thought you were not moving forward fast enough? As it turns out, the lack of clarity is the single most thing that slows down the progress of many people in their personal and professional lives. In those exact moments, most people seek motivation or inspiration. Irrespective of the trigger, the effect of motivation or inspiration is usually short-lived.

I observed that to stay on track in life, you need sustainable, never-ending inspiration. When you have clarity, you get a head start, which is hard to beat. Thus, instead of motivation or inspiration, you need to focus on gaining two-dimensional clarity. The first dimension is about “Why,” which is your emotional drive for doing something you want to do.

The second dimension is about “What for,” which is your drive that moves you towards a purpose that you hope to achieve. You need to master both dimensions. More often, people focus on clarifying the dimension of their “why” motives or the dimension of their goals. But to speed up your progress in life, you need to establish utmost clarity on both dimensions.

Once I had this two-dimensional clarity, I moved forward with all my weapons while others were busy figuring out the best ways to do so. Despite my permanent disability, all my subsequent career achievements that included earning 2 doctorates, receiving over 100 international credentials, traveling around the world, and writing 20 books – all were grounded in the clarity that I had sought in my early years.

CLARITY IS THE NEW SUPERPOWER

To get your life back on track, you don’t need to be the best in the class or insanely mad after your goals. If you want to be a star performer in a short time, do not put your foot on the pedal before you have the map in your hand. Your map is your clarity.

Once you have clarity, you have the sustainable fuel that will propel you forward. You will get unmatchable speed in your personal and professional life. You will produce amazing results in a shorter time.

Search for that clarity first because it is the new superpower in the chaotic, noisy, and confusing world surrounding us.