Show Notes
Why do we stay in jobs, relationships, and financial patterns we know aren't working? Author and journalist Simone Stolzoff is back on the show to talk about his new book, How to Not Know — and the surprising answer has everything to do with our relationship with uncertainty. We're getting into the three certainty traps keeping you stuck, why more information is actually making your anxiety worse, the difference between one-way and two-way door decisions, and what it really takes to break the cycle when you can see the problem but can't seem to move. This is one of the most powerful conversations we've had on this show, and one you'll want to send to everyone you know.
Simone’s links:
How to Not Know: https://bookshop.org/a/90037/9781324089452
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Intro
Why Uncertainty Feels Worse Than Bad News
Three Certainty Traps: Comfort, Hubris & Control
Why We Struggle to Admit We Were Wrong
Identity, Doubling Down & Changing Your Mind
Why Our Tolerance for Uncertainty Is Declining
More Information, More Anxiety
Escalating Commitment
Stop Loss Strategies & Rules-Based Decision Making
Outsourcing Your Willpower & Knowing Your "Enough"
Connie & Andrew's "Year of Living Dangerously"
How to Run Your Own Low-Stakes Life Experiment
One-Way Door vs. Two-Way Door Decisions
Ghost Ships: Making Peace with the Paths Not Taken
The Miscarriage, the Uncertainty & Finding Your Anchors
How to Not Know
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