Ep. #256: Curiosity & the Gift of Uncertainty, with Maggie Jackson

Choose to be Curious

It may be hard to think about "uncertainty" as a good things right now, but hear me out. Certain words keep coming up in this curiosity context: exploration, innovation, creativity, trust-building, learning -- and uncertainty. Not the "uncertainty" of the world today--which feels very heavy right now--but the "uncertainty" of allowing room for new thoughts... And along comes Maggie Jackson, award-winning author and journalist, with a best-selling, thought-provoking and profoundly timely book on the power and potential of our own uncertainty. Maggie wrote in a New York Times guest essay earlier this year, “We should rethink our outdated notions of not-knowing as weakness, and instead discover this mindset as a strength.” So, of course, my mind goes to choosing to be curious. Discover more about Maggie Jackson: https://www.maggie-jackson.com Theme music by Sean Balick; “Uncertain Ground” by Duck Lake, via Blue Dot Sessions.