Mastering Uncertainty

The useful part

The question is: how can we keep performing when faced with the disorder of uncertainty? Rich Diviney states in Masters of Uncertainty that "True success in life and business hinges instead on optimal performance, which means delivering your 'best' in the moment, whatever your best looks like in that moment. Sometimes your best is about persevering, moving forward step-by-step in the midst of challenges, embracing the messy, grueling, and unpolished reality." Diviney's Mastering Uncertainty Method comprises three steps:

How it works

• Duration (How long will this situation last?), Pathway (What should I do next?), and Outcome (What is the goal?).
• Life's unpredictability often leaves us without clear timelines, defined steps, or guaranteed outcomes for our challenges." It's how we best deal with uncertainty one step at a time.
• Move Horizons Asking what I know now and what I can control keeps you in the here and now without overthinking and spiraling into negative thinking.
• "Moving Horizons is a process where you remain anchored in the present while actively shaping your own Duration, Pathway, and Outcome.
• Through this process, "you sequentially grow the sphere of what you know and control." Keep Going As you progress, keep setting goals that are not too big but just outside your comfort zone.

What to take from it

Staying focused on the current situation, you will find that sometimes a goal will inv...

Details worth keeping

Life will not happen according to our expectations. Peak performance at all times is not realistic. Instead, success is about optimal performance.