Clarity

0:03 Welcome to business purpose and clarity with petri I'm your host we talk about startup life insights practical tips mistakes failures and everything between now I can see more clearly well let's put some clarity on this situation here as well last time we spoke about purpose today it's all about seeing the big recognizing what's relevant see the context realize the link it says being able to prioritize to the right see the long term but being able to act in the short term evaluate options and alternatives feel comfortable enough to act in a it helps you to make decisions remove ambiguity and make better decisions all those things I would bundle.

1:06 Under the term clarity so what do you think is that something you would like to get while you're doing your everyday decisions I think that's one of the core things and that's the reason also why this whole show is called purpose and clarity when you know why you're doing what you're doing and then you in everyday decisions see the context you realize what you to do now how it's linked to the long term on your purpose on your mission and then you see the alternatives and it's relatively easy what to do now what to do next where to go why I'm doing it that's clarity well it sounds really simple in theory that's what it is.

2:10 But when you are in the middle of the when you're middle of building your is not that simple it's not simple ease either when the one doing things and there's so much happening in growth companies that's the reality that's why you need other people to help you you need some people who are maybe to see the context in my experience there are two types of people I'm not sure whether you can learn to become another one but yet there's no better or worse it's just different ways of operating if you will there are those who start from the big pixel and then move to the details and then there are people who start from the details and then they move towards more general.

3:14 I would say generalization it helps you to realize which type of person you are if you are the first one starting from the forest and then seeing the trees that might help you to to to separate the context and the linkages and see where you're heading if you see the trees first you may have a really good focus on the issues at hand but you may not the things which are further ahead or how this how this item is related to all the other ones clarity is like a muscle you need to practice train and exercise to get better the good thing is that you can start any and learn while you're doing things is about a lot of things in together.

4:16 You have to analyze the situation where you are you have to get the right type of and you have to process it and also you have to see the biases the assumptions and things which may not or you misinterpret it while you were doing the analysis is good to have a bit of break sleep over the matter come back to it after a short period of and then you may giving you a bit more wider view different approach maybe not so emotional bring more substance to the rational because things are not just about facts we dealing with people.

5:23 And uh many times things are not rational at all there are other factors involved most of the time it's really good idea to start with business models and see things are what they are what are the drivers for the other if you do this you get better practicing every day every week four months you start to learn and become more sharper with your insights and observations and your muscle will grow.

6:28 Making decisions making them quicker becomes easier you start to see the suddenly you have a lot more clarity better decisions helping you to do things in a better way if all this sounds a bit abstract complex or theoretical for you don't worry maybe you must have it already if things seem obvious the choices you make and the situations you're facing the decisions you need to take and it's so easy for you but you have a bit of and struggle and need to explain to other people the obvious things you see but they have hard time seeing and understanding the first.

7:34 Or possibility is that you really have trained your muscle and you see better than the other people and over time you should notice that they will appreciate your help your insights and they will listen to you for carefully and it might be also that your way starts to be the one which is chosen more often because you bring the good results there's also the other option that you just ignorant you think you know you think you have clarity put you in the middle of and it might be the other people who see better than you but they have hard time why you don't see clearly.