I have a number of very clever clients. These high flyers are much better educated, more numerate, better read and they hold down much more senior positions than I ever achieved.
So why do they come to me for help?
Perhaps at least part of the answer lies in an email I received from one client who asked another, who he had recommended to me, how he was getting on. This is what the email said: “XXX spoke highly of the coaching he is receiving. He said you were very good at seeing the whole person and spotting the right angles to develop. I very much agreed.”
Of course it’s flattering to receive such feedback, but the point is that perhaps my advantage is in not having a mind that is over-cluttered with everyday thoughts and information, so that there is space for free-wheeling thoughts to just spontaneously rise to the surface,
Albert Einstein said: “The only real valuable thing is intuition.”
It seems to me that intuition functions best when we do not attempt to work out answers but rather allow them to emerge from a thought free mind.
The keys to using your intuition are not to think too hard in trying to find an answer, but rather to allow the answer to emerge. Then, when you have an idea you need to exercise judgement before implementing or proposing your idea to others.
Perhaps you have some thoughts of your own on the subject of intuition that you would like to add in the comments box below.
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