Control, Action, and the Rowboat Metaphor

Did you know our brains are wired to fear uncertainty MORE than suffering? The good news is that in the same way you can build muscles, you can build your tolerance for the unknown. When you’re comfortable with uncertainty, you’ll be less anxious, go after more opportunities, find more success, and make better decisions. And that is exactly what you're going to learn how to do today. 

My guest is Simone Stolzoff, a famous journalist and best-selling author, who dives into the learnings and stories from his new book How To Not Know: The Value of Uncertainty in a World That Demands Answers.

🎧 What you’ll learn:

• How to stop catastrophizing and start planning 

• The three "certainty traps" keeping you stuck

• How to make hard decisions before you're "ready"

• The one question to ask when you're stuck between two options 

• Why your future self is more capable than you think

• How to microdose uncertainty to build your tolerance

Check out our NEW YouTube Channel with tons of YouTube exclusive Shorts and, coming soon, YouTube exclusive podcast content: https://www.youtube.com/@LizMoodyTV 

Check out the previous episodes of The Liz Moody Podcast discussed today:

• How To Have No Regrets When You Die with Mega Best-Selling Author Daniel Pink

• Stanford Professors: One Tool That Makes Every Life Decision Easier

If you liked this episode, check out: Stuck? How To Make The Right Decisions & Supercharge Your Path Forward

For more from Simone Stolzoff:

• Book, How To Not Know: https://amzn.to/3QUhqRY 

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepizza_bagel/ 

• Website: https://simonestolzoff.com/ 

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