“Intuition is vital to the empowered employee,” says Garrett Boone, CEO of the Container Store, “but intuition certainly doesn’t come to the unprepared mind. The more knowledgeable you are, the better informed you are, the better prepared you are to use your intuition.”
But how do you do this?
First of all, everyone has intuition though it may have grown rusty from disuse. It’s those gut feelings, hunches and survival instincts we rely on. We always know it in restrospect: “I knew that wouldn’t work.”
Intuition is knowing without knowing how you know; knowing through other than cognitive means. It’s also implicit memory – from having lots of experience in a certain area.
>From years of experience, I can pretty much tell in the first coaching session what a client’s obstacles will be. It may seem “uncanny,” but it’s just intuition and years of experience with people. I can explain how I know, but it’s deductive reasoning.
If you want better intuition, invite it into your life. When you lie down at night, say, “In the morning I’d like to know what to do about X.”
Practice your intuition. Right now I’m selling my house, and I practice using my intuition to see if I can tell who the buyer will be.
Practice on small, inconsequential things until you’re sure, like which bank line will move fastest. You can apply implicit memory to that – I look for the line where the cars have their brake lights on, because I figure those are Type A personalities.
Work with an intuition or EQ coach to develop your intuition. It’s surer than cognitive thinking, and takes a lot less effort.
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