What If You Know Nothing? | by Jennifer Slukynsky

We spend so much time chasing certainty. The next best practice. The proven method. The bulletproof plan. But what if the real magic starts when we stop pretending we know everything?

What if we knew nothing?

What if, instead of looking for the roadmap, we just asked, “What if?”
What if we tried?
What if we failed?
What if we fell flat on our face and still found a reason to smile?

Too often we avoid the stumble. We crave straight lines and success stories. But being human is rarely linear—and that’s the best part.

Experiment Loudly

Life isn’t a lab where everything is perfectly measured and peer-reviewed. It’s a series of little experiments. Most don’t work. A few do. And the only way to get to those is to stay curious and stay in motion.

Creativity is the skill of finding order in the chaos. 

Try things that might not work. Wear the outfit that might be “too much.” Pitch the idea that’s “not fully baked.” Host the event no one might come to. Not everything has to scale. Not everything has to succeed.

Fall Flat. Get Up. Try Again.

Falling down is not failure. It’s data. It’s story. It’s human. And the best part? You get to try again—with more insight, more humility, and more heart. If you're not failing, what are you learning? 

My Bit of Optimism

I’ve come to find the fun in not knowing. Optimism, for me, isn’t a naive belief that things will always work out. It’s the deeper truth that trying, experimenting, even crashing spectacularly, still means you're in the game.

Feeling good about being human—messy, brilliant, flawed, beautiful, fun—is my bit of optimism. And I’ll take it over perfection any day.

So ask yourself:
What if?

Then give it a try.