Uncertainty

So here's today's tool, our final tool for this series.

We call it the Uncertainty Reframe, and it is a practice you return to whenever the anxiety of not knowing is pulling you towards avoidance, over-preparation, or the loop.

When you notice the discomfort of uncertainty arising, just pause.

Ask yourself three questions in sequence.

It asks your brain to generate a curiosity-driven response alongside the anxiety-driven one.

And given a choice between avoidance and exploration, the brain will often choose exploration if you give it explicit permission.

Our pianist began using the uncertainty reframe before performances.

The question he had been avoiding.