Everything Happens with Kate Bowler Maggie Jackson: The Wisdom of Uncertainty
Mar 12, 2024
Writer Maggie Jackson and host Kate explore the wisdom found in uncertainty. They discuss how uncertainty can lead to creativity, resilience, and understanding. They also touch on avoiding ambiguity, practicing imagination, and how focusing on outcomes can limit our perspective.
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Uncertainty as Good Stress
- Uncertainty triggers a stress response but also heightens curiosity and cognitive openness.
- This wakefulness signals the brain to learn and update its view of the world, turning uncertainty into good stress.
Adaptive Expertise Embraces Uncertainty
- Routine experts perform well with predictable problems but struggle with novel, complex situations.
- Adaptive experts embrace uncertainty, taking time to assess and explore messy problems for better outcomes.
Curiosity Requires Uncertainty Tolerance
- Curiosity is deeply tied to tolerance of uncertainty.
- Those who tolerate discomfort from uncertainty ask deeper questions and explore further despite unease.