DEFINITIONS:
Intuition: The inner voice that guides you
Feelings: The emotional cues you get, often triggered by fear
COMPARISONS:
- Heart vs. Head
- Integrity vs. Instinct
EXAMPLE: When Joan listened to her intuition, she followed an inner voice that always was tied in with what was best for her. She found when she had a dilemma there was always an answer in her heart of what she should do. Tim let his feelings of not wanting to be rejected and not feeling confident persuade him to procrastinate and not take consistent action when it was time to prospect.
KEY POINT: Intuition is a feeling, but it is a deeper message that
is in tune with your values and your integrity.
Your feelings are subject to fears, past experiences
and are not reliable measures of whether you should take an action or not.
BENEFIT: When you trust you intuition, you are often led to actions
that produce surprising, unthought of results.often synchronistic happenings.When you accept that your feelings are just there to alert you to possible dangers and then YOU can make the most reasonable decision, given your commitment, you are not held hostage to or limited by them.
COACHING ACTIONS: Next time you have strong feelings, ask is this intuition or an unfounded fear? Take the time to distinguish between the two. Each day notice when you have listened to an intuition
and respected it. Also notice if you feelings are interfering with what you say you are committed to.