{"id":38798,"date":"2021-06-08T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=38798"},"modified":"2021-06-16T19:07:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T23:07:55","slug":"follow-your-intuition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/follow-your-intuition\/","title":{"rendered":"Bren\u00e9 Brown&#8217;s Guidepost #5: Follow Your Intuition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why does Bren\u00e9 Brown say it&#8217;s so important to follow your intuition? What are some barriers to trusting intuition? Can they be overcome? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bren\u00e9 Brown&#8217;s guidepost #5 from <em>The Gifts of Imperfection <\/em>says that you need to follow your intuition to live Wholeheartedly. This can be difficult for many because the brain has an overwhelming need for certainty rather than instinct. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s why Bren\u00e9 Brown says you need to follow your intuition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Following Intuition<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The fifth guidepost for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/living-wholeheartedly\/\">living Wholeheartedly<\/a> is to <strong>follow your intuition<\/strong>. When you use intuition, your brain uses information from your past experiences to quickly and unconsciously attach meaning to something you\u2019ve just observed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The meaning that your brain decides upon when using intuition becomes your \u201cgut feeling\u201d about the situation.<\/strong> A \u201cgut feeling\u201d can take two forms. It can be confidently and instinctively making a judgment about a situation\u2014for instance, knowing the best way forward based on your previous experiences. Or, it can be recognizing that you don\u2019t know enough about a situation to successfully judge what to do and that you need to seek more information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, imagine you observe someone being rude to your friend. Your mind will quickly scan through all of the information it has relating to rudeness and acceptable standards of behavior. In the past, you\u2019ve learned that rudeness is hurtful to its target, and is generally socially unacceptable. Based on this information, your brain will attach the following gut feeling to the situation: that your friend is being mistreated and that you should support them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being willing to use your intuition is a crucial part of living Wholeheartedly. Believing that you can make good decisions, even unconsciously through your intuition, will increase your worthiness. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/methods-of-decision-making-crucial-conversations\/\">Decision-making<\/a> will become an area in which you feel you\u2019re \u201cgood enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Barriers to Using Intuition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Following your intuition may seem like a straightforward enough process. After all, it\u2019s usually unconscious, and you\u2019re probably already doing it automatically. However, many of us struggle to follow intuition successfully. Often, this is because we\u2019re wary of accepting our gut feelings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This wariness comes from the brain\u2019s overwhelming need for certainty.<\/strong> Humans love guarantees. We crave the feeling of being certain that we\u2019re making the right choice. Unfortunately, intuition doesn\u2019t always provide this kind of certainty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because intuition is a predominantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/unconscious-processing\/\">unconscious process<\/a>, you often have no way of knowing what information your \u201cgut feeling\u201d is based on. Therefore, you have no way of evaluating the validity of this feeling. You can\u2019t be certain that it or the information it\u2019s based on is correct. This lack of certainty may make you refuse to trust your \u201cgut feeling.\u201d You might decide to look for answers elsewhere instead\u2014for example, ask other people what they think about the situation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overcoming the Need for Certainty<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To trust your \u201cgut feelings,\u201d you need to overcome the need for certainty. According to Brown, <strong>the key to doing this is embracing faith.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faith is a form of courage. It requires you to let go of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/fear-of-uncertainty\/\">fear of uncertainty<\/a> and decide that even though you can\u2019t be sure what\u2019s ahead, you\u2019re going to move forward anyway. You\u2019re willing to take the risk that your intuition is wrong because you\u2019re also willing to dream that it\u2019s right. You believe in your ability to make good decisions. Ultimately, you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-trust-yourself\/\">trust yourself<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faith requires you to trust your way forward even if there\u2019s not enough evidence to be sure that this approach is correct. This may be an uncomfortable prospect if you have an evidence-based way of looking at the world. However, Brown argues that you need to make room for faith in your life no matter how uncomfortable it makes you. If you don\u2019t, you\u2019ll never develop the worthiness that comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/self-trust\/\">trusting yourself<\/a> to instinctively make good decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: For more on how intuition can affect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/integrative-decision-making\/\">decision making<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/blink\">read our summary of Malcolm Gladwell\u2019s <em>Blink<\/em>.<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does Bren\u00e9 Brown say it&#8217;s so important to follow your intuition? What are some barriers to trusting intuition? Can they be overcome? Bren\u00e9 Brown&#8217;s guidepost #5 from The Gifts of Imperfection says that you need to follow your intuition to live Wholeheartedly. 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