A billionaire at Cannes and a Super Bowl champion at Aspen Ideas, both crediting their gut for getting to the top. Here’s when the science says to trust yours.
I really enjoyed this contrast. I am finding in my work with executives, that helping them to identify their conditions and constraints (is a form of data) allows them to name things that lingers beneath the surface or is obvious in plain sight (intuition) and poof a pathway forward emerges. They did the reps, but somewhere along the line, they lost the plot.
I’ve always leaned way more on the data driven, analytical side of myself than the intuitive side, because I felt like it was more credible. Now after years of this, I find myself a bit resentful that I didn’t listen to my gut more!
There is one specific situation where I trusted my gut and looking back I’m not sure how. I was newer into a pretty scary diagnosis and the recommended treatment just didn’t sit well with me. Every doctor was telling me this was the thing to do next. I did a lot of research, asked all the right questions but still trusted my gut and held off. Years down the road found out that treatment probably wasn’t the best for what it evolved into, and I wouldn’t have stayed on it long term anyways.
I love how your substack blends both and encourages showing up as our full selves because we’re more impactful that way. Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing this, especially the specific story. Holding off on a recommended treatment when every doctor is telling you otherwise takes real courage, not just intuition. And finding out years later that your gut had it right, that’s the kind of data point that should get more airtime than it does.
I think that’s part of why I started writing this. The “trust the experts” advice is incomplete when you’re the one who has to live in your body long term. So grateful this resonated with you and that you are here 🙏🏽
I really enjoyed this contrast. I am finding in my work with executives, that helping them to identify their conditions and constraints (is a form of data) allows them to name things that lingers beneath the surface or is obvious in plain sight (intuition) and poof a pathway forward emerges. They did the reps, but somewhere along the line, they lost the plot.
Oh yes to this, Tobin. I don’t know how, but so many of us really have lost the plot. This is a great exercise!
I’ve always leaned way more on the data driven, analytical side of myself than the intuitive side, because I felt like it was more credible. Now after years of this, I find myself a bit resentful that I didn’t listen to my gut more!
There is one specific situation where I trusted my gut and looking back I’m not sure how. I was newer into a pretty scary diagnosis and the recommended treatment just didn’t sit well with me. Every doctor was telling me this was the thing to do next. I did a lot of research, asked all the right questions but still trusted my gut and held off. Years down the road found out that treatment probably wasn’t the best for what it evolved into, and I wouldn’t have stayed on it long term anyways.
I love how your substack blends both and encourages showing up as our full selves because we’re more impactful that way. Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing this, especially the specific story. Holding off on a recommended treatment when every doctor is telling you otherwise takes real courage, not just intuition. And finding out years later that your gut had it right, that’s the kind of data point that should get more airtime than it does.
I think that’s part of why I started writing this. The “trust the experts” advice is incomplete when you’re the one who has to live in your body long term. So grateful this resonated with you and that you are here 🙏🏽