How to Tame Uncertainty

Control is a dangerous illusion that blinds us to what matters most.

Kitty Hannah Eden
Nov 7 · 5 min read

Life is what you make it. Dream bigger dreams. Choose your own adventure. Platitudes abound to reinforce the illusion that we humans are in charge of everything happening to us.

And yet, we live in a constant paradox whereby success is invariably our own doing while failure is always…

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