For many of us, uncertainty can be nerve-racking. One of the challenges of change is fear of the unknown. One of the dimensions of the AQai - Adaptability Assessments & Coaching model is Mindset - the general outlook that change and adaptation will result in positive outcomes rather than negative ones.
This new HBR article (How to Overcome Your Fear of the Unknown (hbr.org))
argues that uncertainty doesn’t have to be paralysing. After studying innovators and changemakers who handle it well and reviewing research on resilience and tolerance for ambiguity, the authors have found that the following four principles can help:
1. Reframe your situation by focusing on the potential upside.
2. Prime yourself by taking small risks and reducing uncertainty in other areas of your life.
3. Take a series of modest actions instead of making bet-the-farm moves.
4. Sustain yourself by recasting setbacks and focusing on things that have true meaning for you.
How do you respond to uncertainty, and how might you make some small changes in order to shift your mindset in order to become more adaptable?
