About this episode
<p><strong>Why does not knowing feel worse than bad news? </strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1324089458/?tag=jordanharbing-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>How to Not Know</em></strong></a><strong> author Simone Stolzoff shows us how to make uncertainty work <em>for</em> us, not <em>against</em> us.</strong></p><p><strong>Full show notes and resources can be found here: </strong><a href="https://jordanharbinger.com/1326" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>jordanharbinger.com/1326</strong></a></p><p><strong>What We Discuss with Simone Stolzoff:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Certainty feels like wisdom but often isn't</strong> — Phil Tetlock found the average expert predicting the future is about as accurate as a dart-throwing chimpanzee, yet we keep mistaking confidence for competence and rewarding the loudest voice in the room.</li><li><strong>Our brains are wired for the savanna, not the spreadsheet.</strong> The same alarm bells that once warned us about rustling bushes now fire over phone storage decisions, leaving us anxious about choices that have almost nothing to do with survival.</li><li><strong>We hate ambiguity so much we'd choose guaranteed pain over uncertainty</strong> — one study found people facing a 50 percent chance of a shock felt more stressed than those facing 100 percent. Not knowing whether you'll lose your job hurts as much as actually losing it.</li><li><strong>Intolerance for uncertainty traps us in mediocre jobs, mediocre relationships, and mediocre lives.</strong> The "safe" choice quietly becomes the costly one, because the breakthroughs — entrepreneurial, creative, personal — all live on the other side of not knowing.</li><li><strong>Treat uncertainty tolerance as a muscle you can train. Take a new route to work, order the unfamiliar dish, run small experiments, write down your predictions, and trust your future self to handle future problems — that version of you will have more context than the one worrying today.</strong></li><li>And much more...</li></ul><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1344999619?mt=2&ls=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>And if you're still game to support us, please leave a review here</strong></a><strong> — even one sentence helps! </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Sign up for </strong><a href="https://jordanharbinger.com/course" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Six-Minute Networking</strong></a><strong> — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at </strong><a href="https://jordanharbinger.com/course" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>jordanharbinger.com/course</strong></a><strong>!</strong></li><li><strong>Subscribe to our once-a-week </strong><a href="https://www.jordanharbinger.com/news/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Wee Bit Wiser</em></strong></a><strong> newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom!</strong></li><li><strong>Do you even Reddit, bro? </strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/JordanHarbinger/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Join us at r/JordanHarbinger</strong></a><strong>!</strong></li></ul><p><strong>This Episode Is Brought To You By </strong><a href="https://www.jordanharbinger.com/deals/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Our Fine Sponsors</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Lufthansa Allegris: </strong><a href="https://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/discover-lufthansa/allegris" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Go to Lufthansa.com and search for "Allegris" to learn more</strong></a></li><li><strong>The Cybersecurity Tapes: </strong><a href="https://thecybersecuritytapes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Listen here: thecybersecuritytapes.com</strong></a></li><li><strong>Boll & Branch: </strong><a href="https://www.bollandbranch.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>15% off first set of sheets: bollandbranch.com, code JORDAN</strong></a></li><li><strong>AT&T: </strong><a href="https://att.com/iphone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Get an iPhone 17 Pro for $0: att.com/iphone or visit an AT&T store for details</strong></a></li><li><strong>Progressive Insurance: </strong><a href="https://www.progressive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Free online quote: progressive.com</strong></a></li></ul><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>