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Can a Planner Like Me Plan for Uncertainty?

By Kathy Gottberg
Filed under: Aware

Last weekend Thom and I did a podcast interview with two new friends—Mary and Kevin Roberts.  Their podcast Growth Minded Marriage is one I’ve recently started listening to because I appreciate their emphasis on growth as well as their honesty and connection with each other.  During the podcast (link below) we talked about each of our WOTYs. My word, as you might recall, is trust.  Thom’s is perspective, while Mary’s is patience.  Then Kevin announced that his word was “uncertainty.”  While I think all of them are uniquely important, I cannot help but admire both Kevin’s courage and his willingness in these uncertain times to embrace such a word. I suppose that is why it has been on my mind so much during the last week.  Plus I believe it holds some SMART insights for us all as well. [Read more…]

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Kathy Gottberg is an author with seven published books and hundreds of articles covering dozens of topics in the last 35 years. Along with her books, her passion today is SMART Living 365 where she explores ideas and experiences that help to create a meaningful, sustainable, compassionate and rewarding life for herself and others. Beyond that, she lives with Thom, her best friend and soul mate in Tucson, AZ.

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