Gut Check: Calibrating With Yourself
Kenrick Cleveland
Intuition is defined as "the immediate apprehension of an object by the mind without the intervention of any reasoning process" [Oxford English Dictionary].
Intuition has been described by Isaac Asmiov as "the art, peculiar to the human mind, of working out the correct answer from data that is, in itself, incomplete or even, perhaps, misleading."
How is your relationship with this aspect of yourself? Can you find your own way through a situation with incomplete data?
Gut feelings are part of the human experience. Some of us are more in touch than others. The most likely forms of intuition come in situations of danger, as in you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, or in situations of romance (which some might also consider danger) as in, 'I knew it the first time we met that he (or she) would be the person I married.'
Intuition is an aspect of emotional intelligence and can be strengthened like a muscle, in exactly the same way that persuasion can be strengthened. Patience, attention, intention and study.
Following your hunches, gut feelings and intuitions is entirely acceptable to apply in business as well as life in general. They are a sign that your Gentle Giant, other than conscious mind is hard at work flawlessly guiding our lives as we've requested. (Check out my other articles for an idea of how to get in touch with your Gentle Giant.)
I get it in the back of my stomach-it's a queasy feeling and sort of radiates sharply. Others feel it in their chests. Still others, in the back of their throats. By remaining mindful of these physical shifts, a whole world of calibration opens up to us and in some cases can mean the difference in the measures we take to close a deal or get out of a sticky situation.
Following your hunches and intuition should not negate logic or reason. I'm not suggesting that at all. But when you combine them they can increase your powers of persuasion incredibly. Many people believe that hunches and intuition should be relegated to new age enthusiasts. But think of it this way: what's a police officer without his gut instinct? Lee Iacoca once said, "The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut."
Can you think of times when you had these feelings and didn't heed their warnings? And by ignoring these hunches, was there a resulting unpleasantness?
checking in, centering, and gaining clarity, our persuasion is enhanced immeasurably in all aspects of life. A really great resource on intuition is Laura Day's book, 'Practical Intuition,' which contains some amazing exercises to strengthen and stretch the "sixth sense" or really, what I like to think of as our relationship to and messages from our gentle giant.
Kenrick Cleveland teaches techniques to earn the business of wealthy prospects using http://www.maxpersuasion.com/ persuasion. He runs public and private seminars and offers home study courses and coaching programs in http://www.maxpersuasion.com/ persuasion techniques. This article is available as a http://www.uberarticles.com/?id=16971&b=79 unique content article with free reprint rights.
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