Back in high school, before becoming a senior, we were already asked: “What course will you take in college? What career will you pursue?”
Most of us had no real idea. We just scanned the list of courses, picked one that sounded good, and hoped it would fit. Some chose based on prestige. Others chose because a friend did. But the truth? Most of us had zero clarity about what the course was really about.
I watched classmates jump from one course to another, semester after semester. Some even transferred schools, chasing a new name or hoping the next environment would “fix” their uncertainty.
Me? I stayed. I enrolled in my hometown school, stuck with what I started, and finished it. Not because I had it all figured out — but because I saw one simple truth:
Math is math. 1 + 1 equals 2 no matter where you study.
Many people travel far, spend extra, and chase the “big name schools.” The idea is that prestige will set them apart after graduation.
But let’s be honest:
- The minor subjects are the same.
- The fundamentals don’t change.
- A famous school doesn’t guarantee clarity, purpose, or success.
I asked myself back then: Why should I leave my hometown and spend extra for the same education? If the only difference is the school name on a diploma, what’s the real value?
And here’s the reality I saw: one by one, classmates who left came back. Not because of money, not because of distance — but because they never had clarity in the first place.
Switching courses, hopping schools, chasing prestige — all of it is expensive. Not just in money, but in time, energy, and confidence.
And here’s the bigger point:
- It wasn’t intelligence they lacked.
- It wasn’t opportunity they lacked.
- It was clarity.
Without clarity, education becomes a cycle of trial and error. You start something, you second-guess, you jump, and you repeat. The more you chase clarity outside, the further away you get from finding it inside.
The same thing happens today in digital entrepreneurship.
- People already have the tools — phone, laptop, internet, AI.
- But instead of building, they jump from idea to idea, course to course, guru to guru.
- They chase shiny objects hoping the next thing will give them certainty.
Just like students changing majors, they keep starting over. Not because they’re incapable, but because they never nailed down clarity of intention and purpose.
That’s why most businesses fail — not from lack of resources, but from lack of clarity.
Clarity isn’t about knowing every step of the path. It’s about:
- Owning your decision. Even if it’s not perfect, it’s yours.
- Seeing past the hype. Prestige doesn’t equal purpose. Shiny objects don’t equal success.
- Finishing what you start. Because momentum builds when you stay the course.
Back in college, clarity didn’t mean I had the “perfect course.” It meant I refused to waste years chasing uncertainty. I stuck, finished, and built on what I had.
In digital business, clarity means the same thing: stop hopping, stop chasing, start building with what you already hold.
When I look back, I don’t regret staying in my hometown school. I don’t regret not chasing prestige. Because clarity taught me something more valuable than any school name:
- The minor subjects don’t change.
- The fundamentals stay the same.
- And success comes from clarity, not from the label you carry.
That mindset carries into business today. The Playbook is built on the same principle: strip away the noise, cut the hype, and give people clarity to build what lasts.
Clarity is the difference between finishing and forever starting over.
It’s the difference between education that builds you and education that drains you.
It’s the difference between tools that distract you and tools that set you free.
Without clarity, education is just expensive confusion. With clarity, even the simplest path can take you further than the most prestigious one.
- Most students don’t lack intelligence — they lack clarity.
- Prestige schools don’t guarantee success; clarity of purpose does.
- Whether in education or in business, clarity is what keeps you from jumping ship every semester or every new shiny object.