Top 10 Ways Experts Say to Address Uncertainty

“This news makes me feel helpless, as if there’s nothing I can do to make things better.”

“I feel like everything’s getting more intense these days. My stress, my angerand my sadness. ”

“I get lost in the end several times a day. I lose time and part of myself.”

These are statements I’ve heard from many people in my life over the past few months. They are neither unusual nor unusual. I think most people feel a sense of some degree of turbulence and unpredictability, or what was known as VUCA in previous generations: volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.

We cannot usually change the situation or the social or political environment, but we can become stronger internally and become more skilled in how we approach others and situations. You can look to the ultimate internal tool Mindfulness And the strengths of our characters. Recently, I wanted to understand what people use to best deal with and thrive within uncertainty. I relied on a group of experts in these areas. A global group of practitioners accredited for mindfulness-based strength practice, an empirically validated program that integrates the science and practice of mindfulness and character strengths.

I recently convened a gathering of 20 of these experts. I raised this question: How can you best manage yourself and even thrive in intense times? Experts met in a small group of four and then reported insights into the larger group.

Collective insights and personal practices were grouped into the following ten themes: These themes can be viewed as “real observations” and “life practices” to address uncertainty. If you feel inspired to take action for yourself, I recommend focusing on one theme that attacks you the most strongly. you Right now.

1. Use the strength of your perspective. A reverberating work wisdom It resonates with the group. When you have a big problem, in contrast to one grand solution, what you often need is a lot of small solutions (I think you need one big solution to solve a big problem).
2. Mindful Consumption of News. Each small group had this as a core practice – to be aware of the media, news, and Social Media What you consume. Ancient wisdom speaks of being vigilant about ourselves. Such personal vigilance can lead to wise choices, such as limiting news consumption to a certain time of day (not before sleep!), perhaps to 15 minutes in the morning. Others choose to limit themselves by the amount of stories and highlights, such as taking part in five news highlights per day (and never appear!). Others spoke about pursuing outlets that emphasize the quest for strong and accurate news reports, as opposed to unilateral approaches and news, primarily entertainment.
3. Return to the profit that is happening. What’s going well? There are many stories of people doing positive behavior and doing good things in the world. These are not the biggest stories or most shared links. Every time you notice an overwhelmed feeling, join a story based on courage and wisdom based on one or two support.
4. Burns fuel. Does walking in nature bring you up? Are you playing with your pets and children? Do you do sports, art, or music? Give your most energy, happiness– Induces activity every day.
5. Contribute in small ways for your purposes. Something that seems chaotic, outrageous, and intrusive may feel out of control or endless, but you can become one of those who take on small actions. What little things can make sense to you? When you are looking for opportunities, you may ask yourself what the strengths of your mindfulness/character are. What can you do here?
6. Enlarge your mindfulness. Mindfulness isn’t just sitting there. Scientifically speaking, mindfulness is best explained as taking control of you Note and Openness And curiosity. Therefore, mindfulness can be applied to every behavior in life. Improve the quality of speaking in groups, slow meals, attend walks, and actually present in listening helps you to take mindful behavior. As one saying goes: The way we do one thing is the way we do everything. Mindful attention to the commonplace can change its activities.
7. Learn from the past: Each person reading this has experienced difficulties and challenges both internally and externally, and each person has overcome these past difficulties. Choose one challenge you have successfully overcome. How did you overcome that challenge? What character strengths did you use?
8. Don’t forget that there are 24 internal resources. Experts have provided many examples of how they have become specific Character strength Among the 24 universal qualities identified by scientists. Some turned to their appreciation for beauty and took their time to deliberately sit with beauty around them. Others talked about approaches to express more Thanks I strive to share my gratitude with at least one person every day for the people of my life. Others said they would use them Psychic Strength – pursuing the sacred thing in their world and deepening the quality of their spirituality. humor Strength was another focus. Create a point to make you laugh and smile with each and every person you meet during the day. Finding hope in the most challenging situations identified another strength.
9. Turn your strengths inwards. Another frequent theme was choosing the strength of the character and pointing it inwards. This was framed as a form of self-care. The strength of fairness becomes self-sufficient. How can you be fair with yourself in this situation? The strength of kindness becomes self-development. I struggle with myself and expect too much, so I become soft and sweet to myself. The strength of leadership Become self-leadership: Through this challenging conversation I am trying to, how can I use my resources to guide myself?
10. Do nothing, then do one thing. This practical saying is It’s stressful situation. Then perform one intentional action. This approach is a reconstruction of various mindfulness practices, including stop practice, mindful poses, and temporary approaches. One example is a woman sitting in an office chair experiencing a mental tail spin, becoming annoyed by her colleagues, spinning negative thoughts and mental scenarios. She decided Stop I left the room, exhale, do one thing, tailspinning, looking out at the trees and empty windows. This provided a reset in her mind and strengthened her Productivity That afternoon.

We are grateful to various experts from around the world who generically shared their personal practices, insights and tips to help others.