Is Intuition a Smart Way to Make Decisions?
At some point in our lives, most of us have experienced a sudden insight, a strong gut-feeling about something that seemed to come out of nowhere, with no rational basis to explain it. That was your intuition speaking to you. Did you trust your intuition? Many people don’t. Most Western people are uncomfortable with the whole idea, especially if they’re scientifically or technically oriented people. But just because people don’t trust their intuition doesn’t mean that they are doing the right thing for them to do. This begs the question, “Can I use my intuition in decision making?” In general, the answer is yes, you can trust your intuitive side. Throughout history, many of the most successful, most spiritual, most effective people have relied heavily on their intuition in their decision making. Even in the boardrooms of the largest and most sophisticated corporations, senior staff rely on their intuition as much or more than they do upon the data and reports the data gives them. Some
