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Innovator Habit of the Week

Research-based strategies, insights and inspiration to create value and drive positive change, in the world and in yourself.

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Life’s a gamble. One we live with every day. The game could be over in an instant, or suddenly change in profound ways. Yet we need to live as though we’re going to continue to be around, and we need some sense of what’s going to happen going forward.

The solution isn’t to pretend we have certainties we clearly don’t have. It’s to recognize that we always face uncertainty, and behave accordingly. Skilled innovators in effect place bets. Betting their time, resources, and mental energy, and then playing close attention to how those bets turn out and what that reveals.

Rinse and repeat.

That’s this week’s habit-forming exercise.