We’re accustomed to wanting clarity. We’d like things to be clearly in focus. We’d like a single right answer.
But sometimes…
The best we’re going to get is clear sight of the inherently multi-faceted nature of the situation—the different considerations we need to keep in balance. For example, we might need to be both driving and consultative; we might need to work on both task and relationship; we might need both collaboration and competition.
Oddly enough…
Once we see ambiguity clearly, that brings a kind of clarity. We know what we need to balance. We can be good at both axes. The one does not need to be at the expense of the other.
Odder still, clarity is contained in clear ambiguity, like this…
CLeAR ambiguITY
Curious, don’t you think?