The Pope once asked Michelangelo: “Tell me the secret of your genius. How did you sculpt the statue of David, this masterpiece of all masterpieces?” Michelangelo replied: “Very simple. I removed everything that didn’t look like David.” Think more clearly, act more intelligently, like Michelangelo, not focusing on David, but cutting off everything that is not like him. When we get rid of erroneous actions and judgments, clear thinking and reasonable behavior will come naturally. Ancient Greek, Roman and medieval thinkers had a special name for this course of action: via negativa. Translated from Latin - the path of denial, refusal, limitation. This term was first used in theology to define the essence of God: one cannot say what God is, one can only say what he is not. In relation to today, the concept of via negativa can be formulated as follows: we cannot say what gives us success, we can only say what harms its achievement. And that will be enough.