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  Stop fearing uncertainty - start using it.What if we could harness uncertainty and use it to our advantage? This paradigm-shifting new book reveals how our greatest weakness can become our greatest strength.From geopolitical instability and economic volatility to rapid technological change and the accelerating pace of artificial intelligence, uncertainty has become one of the defining challenges of modern times. In our personal lives, too, the unknown intrudes relentlessly: an unexpected diagnosis, a career crossroads, worries about finances, retirement, our children, ageing parents, or the future itself. We seek definitive answers and reliable predictions through science, politics, economics, technology, and spirituality, yet the certainty we crave remains frustratingly out of reach.For over two decades, Dr. Arabella S. Begin has been investigating how humans respond to uncertainty, and why those responses so often lead us astray, sabotaging our judgment, wellbeing, and performance. Drawing on her experience as an Oxford and Harvard educated physician, teacher, and researcher, her groundbreaking work explores the evolutionary, biological, and cultural forces that drive our craving for certainty, revealing why that instinct increasingly works against us in a complex and unpredictable world.Dr. Begin offers a powerful reframe for our relationship with uncertainty, introducing a practical framework that enables individuals and organisations to navigate uncertainty more intelligently, adaptively, and productively, transforming the unknown from a source of threat into a catalyst for better judgement, stronger performance, deeper collaboration, and enhanced wellbeing.The Power of Uncertainty challenges one of the most ancient and fundamental instincts of human kind: that certainty is always something to strive for. Combining compelling storytelling with cutting-edge science and easy-to-use tools, this book offers a revolutionary new way of thinking about the unknown, and a blueprint for thriving because of it, not despite it. Utilising interviews and insights from hospitals, cockpits, boardrooms, outer space, sport, creative industries, and everyday life, Dr Begin provides readers with a transformative framework that will help them navigate an increasingly volatile and complex world where the ability to capitalize on uncertainty may be the most valuable skill of our time.

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  • Kustantaja / Valmistaja HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN 9780008800673
  • Vuosi 2027
  • Tuotekoodi 9780008800673
  • Leveys (mm) 153
  • Pituus (mm) 234
  • Kieli Englanti
  • Alanimike How to Think, Decide and Thrive in an Unpredictable World
  • Kirjoittajat Dr Arabella S. Begin
  • Paino (g) 270
  • Tuotelinja Kirjat
  • Tuoteryhmä Ulk talous, yhteiskunta
  • Tuotemuoto Pehmeäkantinen
  • Ilmestymispäivä 25.03.2027
  • Tuotepääryhmä Ulkomaiset tietokirjat
  • Tuoteturvallisuusyhteystiedot HarperCollins Publishers, Product Safety Manager, enquiries@harpercollins.ie
  • Thema-luokitus Psykologia
  • ALV 13,5%

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