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- Be wary of fear and spot it as soon as it begins to surface.
- Stay positive.
- Know what you know—and what you don’t.
- Embrace that which you can’t control.
- Focus only on what matters.
- Don’t seek perfection - it leaves you lamenting what you failed to accomplish instead of enjoying what you were able to achieve.
- Don’t dwell on problems. Rather focus on actions to better yourself.
- Recognize when you are overly influenced by your assumptions and emotions or by another person’s opinion.
- Have a contingency plan without asking "What if?"
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Emotional intelligence when facing uncertainty
As we face uncertainty, our brains push us to overreact in a place where emotions, such as anxiety and fear, are generated. And these inhibit good decision-making.
Overriding this mechanism to shift this thinking in a rational direction requires emot...
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