We are chatting today about listening to our intuition and trusting it! We discuss why it's important to pair your gut feelings with analysis and how that can help you make better decisions, and we give examples of times when we heard great ideas and instantly knew that the ideas were good because that is what our guts told us. The gut gets stronger with experience, so even though some people might argue that trusting your gut is a mystical, unreliable thing, we argue that it isn't, that it's based at least in part on measurable data.

We also differentiate between impulse and the gut and how the gut doesn't involve emotion the way that acting on impulse or making a snap decision does. Following up on such cues can be difficult and can take practice, but it does have its benefits when it comes to making effective decisions. We ultimately have to differentiate between gut, vision, and fear, and we talk about why making that distinction is so important!

Intuition is not always perfect, but, again, pairing it with analytic thinking can result in really positive things! As is always the case, talking these things through with each other has been so helpful for us, and we really hope that it's also helpful for you! We would love to hear from you, so please be sure to reach out to us via the contact info provided in the show notes. We really appreciate you listening to CEO Chronicles and hope to see you next time!

 

Time Stamps

[0:32] – Michele opens up today's conversation on trusting your gut.

[2:09] – Michele argues that trusting your gut means knowing yourself.

[2:56] – We learn how Michele goes about making a decision using her intuition.

[5:10] – Michele emphasizes that gut feelings stem from experience.

[6:16] – Karamel touches upon being a visionary.

[8:11] – Karamel reveals that she hasn't always been comfortable with gut feeling.

[11:35] – Karamel shares that she has to be mindful about what decisions she puts on her plate.

[13:40] – Hear about how Karamel and Michele's husband think similarly about some things.

[15:25] – Karamel describes how to test your judgment.

[18:23] – Michele asserts that learning to listen to your gut can take practice.

[20:25] – Karamel discusses tapping into your core values.

[22:50] – No business person has everything completely together, Michele points out.

[24:38] – Michele instructs us that we have to differentiate between gut, vision, and fear.

[27:17] – Michele's agency is not the place to work for someone who doesn't get along with her.

[28:16] – Karamel stresses that intuition is not perfect.

 

Resources

CEO Chronicles – Website

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Email Michele: [email protected]

Email Karamel: [email protected]

Women Travel Abroad - Website

Dr. Spencer Johnson – Who Moved My Cheese?