Today is November 26 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is “How often do you remind yourself no one knows?"
While navigating the chaos it is common to look at those who have achieved some level of success and assume their fortunes are related to their ability to have some secret, path, or recipe.
The truth is quite the opposite. Most people that successfully navigated the chaos made it up as they went along. In his May 10, 2019 Wall Street Journal column “Graduates, Are You Ready for the Most Important Secret in the Whole Wide World?” Jason Gay wrote
“Nobody really knows what they’re doing. Life is a series of leaps and educated guesses. Sometimes, uneducated guesses. We can practice, prepare, and read all the instruction manuals, but we’re really all making this up as we go along. Even the people who seem like they know what they’re doing—they don’t know what they’re doing all the time.”
This entire series of daily blog posts is filled with people who leaped, guessed, and prepared. There is simply no right way to success.
There is no app for success.
The Navigate the Chaos daily question serves as a reminder, as Gay wrote “Nobody has life figured out. And the charlatans who claim they do have life figured out—they have it less figured out than anyone.”
This is one of the reasons why Navigate the Chaos poses questions. Too many people are telling you what to do.
The only person who should tell you what to do is yourself. Learning to ask yourself questions can provide the necessary self-awareness required to help you better understand your life situation.
How often do you remind yourself no one knows? Asking yourself that question might just help you navigate the chaos.