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Scientific thinking favors humility over pride, doubt over certainty, curiosity over closure.
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Uncertainty primes us to ask questions and absorb new ideas.
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When someone knowledgeable admits uncertainty, it surprises people, and they end up paying more attention to the substance of the argument.
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In some ways, identity foreclosure is the opposite of an identity crisis: instead of accepting uncertainty about who we want to become, we develop compensatory conviction and plunge head over heels into a career path.
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If you must insist on a bottom line, you are not likely to explore an imaginative solution… A bottom line – by its very nature rigid – is almost certain to be too rigid.
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We like market research because it provides certainty – a score, a prediction… But the truth is that for the most important decisions, there can be no certainty.
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…it’s so important to skill up on quitting, because having the option to quit is what will keep you from being paralyzed by uncertainty or being stuck forever in every decision you make.
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While it is true that quitting is one of your most important tools for making good decisions under uncertainty, it is also true that uncertainty is an impediment to making good decisions about quitting.
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We’re not omniscient. We don’t have crystal balls or time machines. All we have is our best assessment of an uncertain and changing landscape and the hope that we have honed our quitting skills enough to walk away when conditions turn against us.
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The hiring success rate of managers has long been estimated at just 50%, which completely squares with the uncertainty involved.
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