You Already Are Intuitive
Think back to a time when you had a hunch about something.
That was intuition. It is nothing more than your mind using
more than what you are consciously aware of. But how do you
trust your intuition? How can you improve it and use it?
First, understand what it is.
Gary Kasparov can play and beat the best chess computer. How
is this possible when the computer can calculate positions
many moves further ahead than he can. It is because of his
intuitive grasp of the game. Experience allows him to
combine analysis with a "sense" of which move is best.
Intuition also works as a warning device. My wife and I both
felt we shoudn't get on that bus in Cuenca, Ecuador.
Psychic? Not at all. We knew crowded busses were prime
locations for pickpockets. We saw the drunk man bumping into
people. We didn't think about these things consciously, but
they registered in our minds, and warned us. Unfortunately,
we ignored our intuition, and I was robbed.
Of course, a strong hunch can be for irrelevant reasons too.
If you were hit by a blue taxi as a child, you might have
"intuitive" hunches not to get into blue taxis for the rest
of your life. So how do you know when to trust your
intuition?
Watch And Question Your Intuition
Start by watching it and questioning it. If I had asked
myself why I felt bad about that bus, it may have occurred
to me, "Oh yeah, crowded busses are a bad idea. I know
that." If your look at your strong feeling about that taxi,
you might say, "Oh, it's just my fear of blue taxis." Get in
the habit of paying attention to your intuitive feelings.
In which areas does your intuition work best? Are you always
right about your intuitive stock picks? If so, give a little
credence to them. If your hunches about people are always
wrong, don't follow them. Just pay attention more, and
you'll develope an intuition about your intuition.
Intuition Doesn't Arise In A
Vacuum
Recognise that your skill, knowledge and experience
determine the potential effectiveness of your intuition. A
weak chess player will never intuitively beat that computer.
So learn enough about a subject, before you expect any good
hunches about it - or before you trust the hunches. Remember
the programmer's maxim: garbage in - garbage out. When
enough information is in your mind, it will go to work for
you with or without your conscious participation, so feed it
well.
Watch for your intuition and you'll have hunches and ideas
more often. I bought a conversion van, and now I see them
all over. Have you had a similar experience? The same
process will happen if you watch for your intuition - you'll
start to see more of it.
Develope Your Intuition In Three
Steps
1. Look for it to encourage it.
2. Watch it to make it more trustworthy.
3. Give it good information to work with.
Do these simple things, and you'll have better intuition
more often. Doesn't your intuition tell you this is true? It
will.
About the Author
Steve Gillman has been studying brain improvement and
related topics for years. You can find more on his website:
http://www.IncreaseBrainPower.com as well as in his free
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