Thriving in Uncertainty We’ve all heard that people are often afraid of change, and while that’s true, it doesn’t get to the heart of that particular fear. While we may be afraid of change, it’s the uncertainty behind change that we find upsetting. Humans love to believe they live in a world of certainty, and we also love to believe the future has a predictability to it we can count on. There’s a certain amount of truth in that, but it’s a narrow, limited truth. All the elements in our lives we like to think of as predictable, as knowable, are predictable right up to the instant they’re not. A feeling of