What is not intuition:
Wishful thinking; instinct; it does not involve conscious awareness; it does not react to external stimulus; it emanates from internal awareness

Where does Intuition come from:
The neocortex of the brain which is divided into left and right hemispheres, also known as left and right brain. The right hemisphere is the intuitive side of the brain.

The left hemisphere is considered to be the dominant one by neuroscientists because it is the centre of language. The left and right hemispheres are believed to function independently of each other but they can maintain parallel states of activity, that is listening to music (right hemisphere) whilst balancing a chequebook (left hemisphere)

The right hemisphere is non-verbal seeing in whole mental images; the left brain is verbal yet cannot encompass nonverbal, nonsequential, intuitive perceptions.

The left and right brain are working at all times, you can think rationally and intuitively at the same time. Your intuitive mind is constantly accessing information, even whilst you are asleep. This could explain the phrase:
Let’s sleep on it.

The Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon, a professor of psychology and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, argues that experience enables people to chunk ’information so that they can store and retrieve it easily. He says that experts see patterns that elicit from memory the things they know about such situations”.

This pattern recognition is one of the many ways in which our logical and intuitive mind work in harmony, The body of knowledge that your intuitive mind accumulates can be likened to a computer database which allows the logical mind to access information when required.

How do I know if I am intuitive:
Every one is intuitive. You already have had intuitive experiences - knowing who was on the telephone before picking it up or who was at the front door before answering it.

By acknowledging these intuitive experiences, you begin to become familiar with your own patterns of intuitive response.

What can I expect to feel in an intuitive response:
Intuitive responses can present themselves in different forms. For example, you may get an intuitive flash (visual image) or you may hear a voice (auditory) or you may have ‘gut’ feelings (kinaesthetic) which is a strong physical sensation or an emotional feeling about an issue or person.

How have other people used intuition in their life or work:
Intuition can be perceived through dream states or in the first few moments upon awakening. Paul McCartney awoke and immediately went to the piano to write the lyrics for the popular song “Yesterday” or as Jonas Salk discovered the formula for the polio vaccine after experiencing a dream state.

Some of the many scientists and artists who have attributed intuition to great breakthroughs in their work include: Albert Einstein; Sir Isaac Newton; Dr Jonas Salk; Johann Sebastian Bach and in more recent times, Paul McCartney, Francis Ford Coppola.

Do different types of intuition exist?:
Intuition can be perceived whether you have previous knowledge about a situation/person or event or not. Intuitive knowing with precedent is somewhat easier for most of us to accept compared to intuitive knowledge without precedent. However both types fit into definitions of intuition – knowing without the conscious use of reasoning or rational thinking.

How do we solve a problem – with intuition or with logic?
“When trying to figure out the solution to a problem, do people conjure up all possible logical solutions and then select the best one?
Or do they feel an emotional tone in their bodies, often somewhere in the chest and abdominal area, which then gives cues to a relevant strategy to deal with the situation?

In my view, it’s often the latter. After we arrive at what we may call an intuitive (i.e. emotionally mediated) response, we expose the strategy it yields to logical analysis to see if its fits the problem at hand”

Extract from:
The Growth of the Mind – Stanley I Greenspan MD – 1997 – Perseus Books

(Dr. Greenspan is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Science and Paediatrics at the George Washington University Medical School)

How do I benefit when I work with you?
Whether you are a business person who needs to make faster and more effective decisions or a person who wants to fine tune your intuitive mind, you will receive enormous benefits. You will be able to access your intuition, on demand.

You will have insights and knowledge about situations and people not normally accessible with the logical mind. You will make decisions faster and more effectively. You will innovate and develop creative ideas faster and with greater ease.

There are numerous business applications for your intuitive thinking:
Determining the suitability of a job application or whether you wish to take a new job offer, product development, strategic planning, innovative thinking – the applications are endless. Creating certainty about your decisions is a primary benefit. When you develop your intuitive awareness, your ability to know exactly what is concerning your immediate family and friends will enhance your understanding and communication abilities. Experience greater empathy and understanding of their issues.

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