Have you ever known something before you could explain why? A decision that felt obviously right, or obviously wrong, before you’d worked out the reasons? That’s intuition. And you’ve got it too, even if you don’t trust it. In a new situation, intuition can feel absent, or you can mistake a rushed decision for a…
Your brain wants you to make decisions fast. Not good decisions. Not thoughtful decisions. Just fast ones. This made perfect sense when you were running from predators on the savannah. It makes considerably less sense when you’re choosing a career, ending a relationship, or deciding whether to send that angry email. This is called Doubt…
Most people who are stuck don’t think of themselves as stuck. By its very nature, a problem can get you stuck. Problems are just dilemmas, a hurdle to jump, an obstacle to overcome, and for most of us life is just one problem after another. Most of the time we deal with them and move…