My palms became sweaty as my core body temperature rose. As I looked at him and questioned why these other options had not been considered, his body language spoke volumes; his head sunk forward, his hands were clasped between his knees and he looked down at his feet as his shoulders arched into a closed, protective and submissive stance in his faux leather office chair. I suggested we go to one of the meeting rooms to discuss the issue in detail. The impact of his dealings with the problem – where his thoughts had led his actions to cause such an issue – had been catastrophic.
We sat down and I began to question him. What seemed to me to hold such an obvious answer, this once innocuous problem had escalated into …show more content…
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A way which is in-tune with our lagging mind, we go back and use the skills evolution has devolved for us: our solution instinct; our intuition.
Intuition is not to be confused with instinct. Whereas intuition is honed over a lifetime of multi-sensory experience and memories, instinct is something you are born with. It is innate behaviour and is held deep within your subconscious. Everyone responds instinctively to stimuli hundreds of times a day without even realising it; feeling hungry prompts you to eat, when you are tired you go to sleep, a loud noise makes you flinch, when you fall over you put your hands out, etc. Instinct is an inherent, hardwired survival mechanism.
Unlike any other animals, humans have developed the capacity to quell our instinctive nature and use our intuition instead. We are able to adapt to a situation and think introspectively, adjusting our rational mind and changing how we