Simone Stolzoff

And one group was given a 50% chance of receiving a very painful electric shock.

And another group was given a 100% chance of receiving a very painful electric shock.

And people in the first group, the 50% group, were far more stressed than people that were certainly going to get the bad thing.

We would somehow rather something bad happen for sure than have to deal with the ambiguity of not knowing.

Yeah, they're sort of even.

Like the threat of maybe getting laid off takes a similar psychological toll as actually losing our jobs.

I mean, you're talking to two journalists, no better industry than our own.

So the first question is sort of, do you have the power to influence the outcome?

So say you're stressed about where you're going to get to college.

If you're like pre-application submitted, you should do everything that you can to like put your best foot forward and submit a great application.

But once you've done what you can to try to control the outcome, the next question is, can you prepare for multiple potential results?

So often our discomfort for uncertainty comes from clinging to one particular version or vision of what the future will look like.

And then rather than ask yourself, okay, if this happens, what will I do?

Ask yourself, if this happens, what will I do?

If this doesn't happen, what I'll do?

If there's a third option over here, what will I do?

It's called contingency planning.

So thinking about the different contingencies that might happen.

I don't think it's a problem to have a really strong vision or to really want something in your life.

But I think you have to balance that desire with realism of thinking about