Reduce your unknowns

Uncertainty shouldn’t keep you stuck.

In nearly every coaching conversation I have, uncertainty comes up.

Leaders often feel paralyzed when there are too many unknowns.

Here’s what I tell them:
👉 You know more than you think.

At first, uncertainty can feel overwhelming.
You freeze. You delay a decision.

But there’s a simple way to move forward:
>>Reduce the unknowns.

When you ask your team a few targeted questions, the fog starts to lift.

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You discover what’s knowable with a little effort—and you realize how much you already know.

Think of something you're facing that holds some uncertainty.

Now, try this:
🔎 What’s knowable (with a little digging)?
- What could you learn through research or expert input?
- What have you dismissed as irrelevant that might actually help shine a light?
- What have you not yet considered?

✅ What do you already know?
- What is your mission?
- What are your values?
- What are your actual constraints?
- What do you know about your current environment?
- Will your past strategies still work in the current environment?

When you do this exercise, what insights do you have?

Chances are you just increased what you know and decreased what was unknown.

And you're that much closer to moving forward with a course of action.

💡 You know more than you think.

Love,

Audrey