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Vague Isn’t Wisdom—It’s Invisibility

The world only reconfigures around what it can see and you’ve made yourself invisible on purpose

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Scott D. Clary
Dec 30, 2025
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Someone asks what you’re working on. You say “I’m exploring a few ideas” or “Still figuring it out.”

That’s not an answer. That’s a defense mechanism.

Sara Blakely had never worked in fashion. No connections. No credibility. Just an idea for footless pantyhose that every manufacturer rejected. For two years she kept pitching. Same pitch. Same certainty. Eventually one manufacturer’s daughter complained about the seam at her toe. He remembered Sara’s pitch from months earlier. Not because it had changed. Because she’d been so certain about what she wanted that when the right moment came, he knew exactly who to call.

The world didn’t reconfigure around her idea. It reconfigured around her visibility. And visibility only exists when you’re certain enough about what you want that people can actually see it.

You’re not certain. You’re vague. And vague is invisible.

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