10 Essential Books to Help You Lead Through Uncertainty

After another week of pandemic and economic whiplash — these books can help you get comfortable with unpredictability

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In the current climate of uncertainty, mainlining Twitter while trying to forecast impossible economic (and health) scenarios is not going to lift you from the morass of anxiety. Nor is it particularly useful. In fact, it’s a constant reinforcement of “negativity bias,” the hardwiring of our brains to seek out information that scares us. Bibliotherapy, however, uses reading to facilitate psychological healing, a growing field of research that actually dates back more than a century.

Whether you’re contemplating how to save your startup, raise money during a financial crisis, or what your “Covid-19 war room” should look like, this collection of books will shift how you think about and tackle uncertainty head-on.

1. Thinking In Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts by Annie Duke