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How to Manage Uncertainty | Personal Excellence

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How to Manage Uncertainty | Personal Excellence

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DOWNLOAD FREE EBOOK HERE Do you face uncertainty in your life? How do you manage them? Last Friday, I was out with a friend. During our conversation, we talked about his upcoming job, which is supposed to start at the end of the month. He shared with me some uncertainty surrounding the job.

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Focus on the things you can control (and ignore those that you can’t)
Shift from External to Internal Locus of Control. It means you perceive yourself to have more control than the environment over your life.
Live your life as you would normally, independent of the uncertainty.
Bring certainty to the important things (and let the other things go).

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5 Things You Should Do Today to Manage Uncertainty in Business

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A consistent finding in psychology is that people don't like uncertainty or risk. It's called Risk Aversion, and we all have it to some degree. To be fair, we are not risk averse all the time. We also enjoy risky behavior, like gambling, smoking, or playing fast and loose with food expiration dates.

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Manage uncertainty and its related risk

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Control the “controllable.” Certainty is vital in business, but also elusive.
How people cope starts with their attitude. Where there is change, there is opportunity.&nbs...

Unhealthy Ways to Deal with Uncertainty

Throw up your hands and give up. Then risking it all on the next big move for the company. Learn to fail faster - take lots of smaller risks instead of one big one and get feedback quickly.
Not wanting to make a decision at all because of fear of failure. Learning from failure is a valuable part of your education. If you make a couple of mistakes but outweigh those blunders with successes, you are okay.

Changing How We Evaluate Success with Decisions

... is critical in uncertainty. We too often judge people by the outcomes of the decisions instead of on the process that was used to reach them.

However, isn’t it better if people had an unfortunate result and a great process than someone who had a successful outcome but flipped a coin to get there?

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7 Ways to Manage Uncertainty and Growth Simultaneously

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7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You worked your tail off to start your own business. You don't want growth to plateau after you've tasted a little bit of success. To make matters worse, there's an increasing amount of uncertainty looming on the horizon, thanks to external factors like political upheaval and industry shake-ups.

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Fuel growth while managing uncertainty

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Prepare for multiple outcomes that are within your control.
Refine your business plan. Adjust your strategies to your business’s current situation so you can u...

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How to Manage Perfectionism

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Have you ever read a job listing that describes a search for a perfectionist? The hiring company must surely have the best intentions: It wants someone who will work hard to get the job done right. But if it truly demands perfection, unfortunately, it risks ever getting the job done at all.