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How to Live With Uncertainty: Asking Better Questions About Work and Life
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Uncertainty has become a defining feature of modern work. From shifting economic signals to rapid technological change, many professionals feel stuck in a constant state of not knowing—and they’re exhausted by it. In today's episode, Jessi Hempel sits down with journalist and behavioral scientist Elizabeth Weingarten to explore how asking better questions --not demanding faster answers--can help us navigate uncertainty.
Elizabeth is the author of How to Fall In Love With Questions. Her work focuses on uncertainty, decision-making, and how curiosity can help us build more meaningful lives and careers. In this conversation, she challenges the culture of binary thinking, and offers a powerful framework for living well in the unknown.
Elizabeth and Jessi discuss:
- Why our tolerance for uncertainty is shrinking—and how technology plays a role
- The danger of binary questions and why “yes or no” often isn’t the right frame
- How to change the relationship we have to our questions
- Burnout, work, and what happens when we stop asking meaningful questions
- How to use questions as an internal GPS for career and life decisions
We are no longer hosting weekly Office Hours but are thrilled to launch the Hello Monday Book Club starting in 2026. If you’re interested in joining, send us an email at [email protected] and let us know!
385 episodes
Manage episode 525534161 series 2490161
Uncertainty has become a defining feature of modern work. From shifting economic signals to rapid technological change, many professionals feel stuck in a constant state of not knowing—and they’re exhausted by it. In today's episode, Jessi Hempel sits down with journalist and behavioral scientist Elizabeth Weingarten to explore how asking better questions --not demanding faster answers--can help us navigate uncertainty.
Elizabeth is the author of How to Fall In Love With Questions. Her work focuses on uncertainty, decision-making, and how curiosity can help us build more meaningful lives and careers. In this conversation, she challenges the culture of binary thinking, and offers a powerful framework for living well in the unknown.
Elizabeth and Jessi discuss:
- Why our tolerance for uncertainty is shrinking—and how technology plays a role
- The danger of binary questions and why “yes or no” often isn’t the right frame
- How to change the relationship we have to our questions
- Burnout, work, and what happens when we stop asking meaningful questions
- How to use questions as an internal GPS for career and life decisions
We are no longer hosting weekly Office Hours but are thrilled to launch the Hello Monday Book Club starting in 2026. If you’re interested in joining, send us an email at [email protected] and let us know!
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