Living in An Age of Uncertainty: 1

We love certainty. That the weather will be good. That our favourite author's new novel will be as good as the last. That our pension plan will still be worth something. And having suffered huge periods of uncertainty in the history of mankind, we got it together and in all fields: science, finance, medicine and health, education.....a new age of predictability dawned. Work hard, get a degree and you are 'sorted' for life'. Nasty bug? Don't worry, this antibiotic will fix it. Want security in your old age? Easy: pay this per month for n years.

The Age of Certainty ended on September 11,  2001. At the time we thought it was 'just' about lack of certainty about who and where and why the enemy was. But we hadn't realised the deeper implications of the atrocity; we were distracted from managing an increasingly complex global infrastructure and took our eye off the ball. Financial systems which weren't actually...well...systems. And fast-forward to today: uncertainty. Plenty of it. Oodles of it. 

What's to be done? Return to what can't be taken away, that which is so fundamental that it will always remain certain  and can still be used for creating success, whatever that might be for you. Here's an overview of The Seven Certainty Principles and we'll explore them further over the coming days:

1. Certainty Principle 1: Simplicity or less is more
2. Certainty Principle 2: Wisdom or mind over matter
3. Certainty Principle 3: Passion or whatever you do, do it with passion
4. Certainty Principle 4; Direction or it's not about time, it's about direction
5. Certainty Principle 5: Possibility or think outside the box
6. Certainty Principle 6: Love or all you need is love
7. Certainty Principle 7: Being or to be or not to be that is the only question