Sticking to what is relevant helps us resolve problems and understand others, as drifting away from relevance spreads our thoughts too widely. We must clarify and focus on the subject matter, and listen to understand someone's reasons.

1. By drifting away from what is relevant to us we spread our thoughts away, which
does not help us in resolving our problems or trying to understand what others
may be telling us.
Beside the fact that we need to clarify things and stick to what is relevant to the
subject matter,
we need to be willing to listen to someone’s reasons in order to
understand them.