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Intuition is a natural tool designed for success

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If you want to succeed in a changing world of business, and have a great time along the way, use and trust your vibes or intuition.

Whether you call it your vibes, intuition, a gut feeling or sixth sense - that deep, bone-marrow knowing, which transcends reason and logic and defies understanding – is actually your highest sense, says Sonia Choquette, a world-renowned intuitive and spiritual teacher and the author of Trust Your Vibes.

Your sixth sense, which is located in your heart, “reflects most accurately what is true.”

Choquette says scientific biofeedback proves the presence of neural pathways between our brain and our heart. The more you trust these heart-felt higher vibrations, the more neural pathways develop. So, you will start making more informed, enlightened decisions.

The dictionary defines intuition as “immediate cog-nition,” which requires a paying of acute attention. The word literally means, “inner teacher.”

Though many professionals agree intuition is an invaluable tool for success; few know how it works or how to activate it when they need it.

Choquette highlights these key intuitive aspects:

• Your vibes work best from a solid foundation of knowledge
  • How knowledgeable are you of your business?
  • As a professional, how well-informed are you of your company’s affairs?
  • Informed means more than being aware of paper facts. Real knowledge is far more than information; it’s derived from having direct experience with your employees and clients in the trenches.
  • When did you last observe the day-to-day world of your managers and workers?
  • Do you know who your co-workers are and how they are performing? Are you keeping your knowledge of the company current and sharp by refreshing your direct experience on a regular basis?
    
• Enthusiasm – a by-product of an intense desire to make what you care about even better - drives your vibes
  • Are you passionate about your business or has your focus deteriorated to just meeting the bottom line?
  • If you’ve lost a genuine love for your job, then intuition will be overcome by cynicism and fear, causing your company to lead you, rather than you contributing to and leading the company.
    
• Tuning into your vibes requires a clear and organised mind
  • Intuition is a subtle and fleeting insight that can be easily lost under a mountain of unfinished business or swept away in the drama of disorder
  • Catch up with old matters, finish unfinished business and clear your desk. The more you procrastinate, the greater your loss when it comes to tapping into your intuitive reserves.
    
• Your vibes is a physical, as much as a psychic sense
  • Your physical body relays messages, similar to radio broadcasts, to your mind through gut feelings, subtle vibes and heart-based instincts
  • If you are hung-over, stressed-out, under-exercised, sleep-deprived, over-scheduled, and preoccupied, then chances are you will miss the subtle calling cards of your intuition. You can only pick up the intuitive broadcast, if the radio (your body) is working.
    
• Your vibes work off the creative part of your brain
  • Mix your routines up to keep your attention fresh and to avoid falling into a mental rut
  • Take a new route to work
  • Enter through a different door. Wear a colour you don’t normally wear
  • Cut lunchtime in half and take a walk

“Intuitive people do not dwell on problems. They ponder offbeat solutions and expect to find them. In fact, they consider this a creative sport and love playing it. They work their intuitive muscles to enter a super-conscious state of mind,” says Choquette.

“Intuition is not something you should wrestle with or question. It a natural asset designed to help you succeed. Your vibes are a reflection of your higher power. Put them to use every day,” says Choquette.

SOURCENOTE: University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science; www.gibsreview.co.za