The More We Limit Ourselves, the More Resourceful We Become

Draws on Kierkegaard's Either/Or (1843), where the Danish philosopher mocks our restless habit of seeking happiness by upgrading to "more" — country to city, native land to abroad, porcelain to silver to gold. Kierkegaard's counter: "The more a person limits himself, the more resourceful he becomes." Clear backs the idea with examples — Dr. Seuss writing Green Eggs and Ham with only 50 words, Ingvar Kamprad starting IKEA from match sticks, George R.R. Martin using decades-old software, Branson building 400 businesses with dyslexia — and argues that constraints are where creativity actually lives.