If it feels like the wheels have come off your world and you're daunted or exhausted at the thought of what to do next, if the struggle against constant change is leaving you weary, or you've simply come to realize that the world we live in is fundamentally uncertain, and it's about time you learnt how to embrace that, you need The Uncertainty Toolkit.
This groundbreaking book shows not only how to cope with uncertainty, but how to harness its power and transform it into opportunities for growth and creativity. Based on cutting-edge research from UCL's Brain Science department, and written by a cognitive scientist and an award-winning journalist, it unveils a roadmap for better mental health and a measurably increased tolerance for the unknown. The authors have led the world's most extensive study - also a Netflix-backed online course-cum-documentary - into how to increase Uncertainty Tolerance, and this book includes tests to measure your own, and track its improvement as you read.
Chapters include practical exercises, compelling narratives from unlikely 'uncertainty experts' including prisoners, former addicts, refugees and hostages, and insights into pioneering scientific techniques.
The book unveils a roadmap for better mental health, enhanced decision-making, increased tolerance for the unknown, and a profound understanding of how the mind and body interact. It is an invaluable guide for anyone seeking to do more and worry less in our complex and ever-changing world.
Sam Conniff is an author, speaker and the founder of award-winning socially responsible creative agency Livity. Sam was the author of the international bestseller Be More Pirate (Penguin Random House UK; Simon and Schuster US, 2018). Winner of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year and a Big Society Award, Sam has worked with numerous companies, including Channel 4, Google and Barclays.
Katherine Templar Lewis is a cognitive scientist, neuroscience consultant and science communicator. Affiliated with several top academic institutions, Katherine helps scientists find innovative real-world applications for their work and translates cutting-edge research into the public domain. She teaches at UCL and Goldsmiths University, and often appears as an expert across media channels, including Sky, BBC, NBC, The TODAY show, and Radio 4 and contributes to a range of magazines including VICE and HuffPost.
Together, Sam and Katherine created The Uncertainty Experts, an interactive digital self-development experience that brings together neuroscientists from UCL with producers from Netflix. They live in London. By fundamentally changing how you deal with uncertainty - the 'end of level baddie' controlling your daily anxieties - you can learn to worry less, do more, and see a huge improvement in your wellbeing.
