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Do you trust you?
Posted on March 12th, 2010 by and currently 10 commenting.
Photo via flickr via CarolinaI make decisions daily. We all do.
Big ones and little ones.
We are often in meetings where we ask our clients to make really important decisions, often as a group. Yesterday I sat in on a meeting with a new client who flew in for a presentation. And there was a decision that needed to be made quickly. A lot of the solutions we presented felt right to them. So the team did one of my absolute favorite things to do in a meeting.
We passed out the orange index cards.
And said.” Before we discuss this any further. Write down your gut reaction. We won’t hold you to it, but it’s very helpful.’
Cordell reminded me of some research that says your gut is often your better decision maker. Love it when science backs up my gut.
From an article in New Scientist:
It turns out that because our emotions emerge from our unconscious mind, from our internal supercomputer, they tend to reflect more information than our rational mind.
Pretty cool. Huh?
I am making a ton of decisions for Brains on Fire these days. Business is good and we are moving fast. It is an exciting and encouraging time.
I put off a decision recently that I knew I should make — in order to gather more information. And it turned out I flat out should have trusted my gut. I didn’t need fact to validate my gut. Not at all.
Gut instinct is powerful.
Has there ever been a time when you trusted your gut and it let you down? Mine has worked every single time.
Tags: Decisions, Trust
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Great post, Robbin. My gut’s never let me down, but I’ve got lots of stories of going against my instinct and it backfiring BIG time. It always reminds me to go with my gut instinct.
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I absolutely trust my gut. And must agree with Liza that every time I DON’T - whammo! Bad decision.
The question then becomes how do we “explain” our gut, and in decision making, help others to find their own and recognize it as valid. In other words, I trust me, but now you have to trust me too. . . What happens when my gut and yours aren’t saying the same thing? -
I get confused about my gut because I have bi-polar and when I am manic I think my gut is absolutely right and then when I’m depressed it’s exactly the opposite. My salvation has come by surrounding myself and trusting others enough to tell them what is going on in my head.
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What happens when your gut is the emotional one and your second thoughts are the logical course of action.
My gut is usually right but then a second thought tends to never hurt in the real world. Sometimes going on instinct and improv gets you into messy stituations.
Life needs some changes in order to payoff though.
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The first situation off of the top of my head in which your gut is usually wrong is in decisions concerning financial investments. Many investors advice NOT to go with your gut, but to buy against what your emotions tell you to do (get IN to the market when you’re worried and feel like hoarding).
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