We drown in uncertainty when we fear it the most

Some of the important things are borderline uncertain. Some of our most unique strengths are honed when nothing is certain. Even certainty is seed for uncertainty.

Transformation happens when we lean into the wisdom of what’s uncertain, only to come out at the other end better.

Ask a lot of people with this experience if they are grateful for going through the process when things were uncertain. You’ll likely hear resounding yeses. Ask if they’ll want to go through that process again, and you might get surprising answers.

The best way to future-proof isn’t to predict more scenarios, but to tune your mind to address whatever happens. Whatever happens is the plan.

What makes most games interesting is that you get to make decisions when uncertain. Think of all the games you’ve played - from video games, board games and the ones designed by life.

We always have a choice when dealing with uncertainty. We can decide which to live with and which not to. The wisdom is in knowing which kind we’ve been dealt with.

We can plan as much as we can. And we should, based on all we can control. We can’t accurately predict what uncertainty will influence the final outcome.

Neither is it useful fearing or fighting what’s uncertain. We drown in uncertainty when we fear it the most. The answer to what’s uncertain doesn’t have to end with “I don’t really know” or “I might not know”.

It might as well be “I wonder what I have to learn to figure this out. Fun, yeah?”