Just tell me what to do. I hate this feeling of not knowing. The advice that I think is often out there is this form of toxic positivity. It's like embrace uncertainty, right?

Yeah.

Oftentimes we don't want to do that. Uncertainty is really hard. It's really painful. It's really scary. How do we really make sure that the questions that we're asking ourselves in these moments of uncertainty are ones that are helping us to imagine

greater possibilities for our future rather than keeping us stuck.

From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel and this is Hello Monday.

Friends, for our final episode of the year, I want to go deep on uncertainty today.

Because if this past year has had a theme, well, it would pretty much have to be that.

We have devoted so many of our episodes this year to how we manage the discomfort that comes along with it.

I mean, there is the state of the world. There's the

question of whether the economy is good or bad, whether jobs are going or coming, whether it's all

AI's fault or not. I mean, it's all questions. There are no clear answers. You know, this uncertainty

can paralyze us, or it can propel us forward on the momentum of our curiosity.

And a lot of this will come down to our own inquisitiveness.

Now, today's guest will help us reframe that approach to inquiry.

She's Elizabeth Weingarten.

She's an accomplished journalist and a behavioral scientist.

Her book is How to Fall in Love with Questions. Today we're going to talk about how to do just that.

You know, I'm bringing you this conversation because Elizabeth challenges us to think about uncertainty in a brand new way.

She believes that rewriting the questions we ask ourselves,

well, it can be transformative. Now here's my conversation with Elizabeth Weingarten.

Your book is the tool for how to invite uncertainty into our lives in a meaningful way,

in a way that actually it has a role

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