Saturday, May 08, 2010

Harnessing intuition to achieve career goals

Have you ever wondered how come some people always seem to make the right business choices, right career decisions, and land the perfect job?

What do I mean?  


Intuition is a flash of sight or a gut feeling that guides our decisions, i.e., comprehension without effort of reasoning, simply instinctive knowledge. You could say that it is the state of being aware of or knowing something without having to discover or perceive this.

Unfortunately, we too often dismiss it simply as a "hunch" or a "dream" and therefore as untrustworthy. Don’t let your intellect block your instincts = Don’t talk yourself out of something you feel.   

Everything around us is Energy. All our thoughts are Energy!
The most precious gift we as humans possess is our intuition or life-force. When we start using this unimaginable potential - we can tap into a flow that is limitless and far beyond our imagination.  It can easily be taught, however, learning to trust our intuition can take several years even for experienced practitioners.

Judith Orloff MD, UCLA psychiatrist and author of Second Sight offers four tips for harnessing intuition to achieve career goals:

1. Obey body signals. When your stomach clenches up seemingly for no reason. Or you're anxiety level increases when asked to take on a new task or job. Your body is telling you something important. Listen to these subtle urges and hints.


2. Pay attention to dreams. Our dreams often tell us, usually in symbolic code, what's happening in our lives. Keep a notebook and pen by your bed so you can write down your dreams when you get up in the morning.


3. Coincidences can be meaningful. Sometimes life presents moments of clarity in the form of coincidences. These can be powerful teaching moments. For example, maybe you've been thinking about changing jobs when you suddenly bump into a friend you haven't seen for years, who tells you about a dream job that's opening up. Don't let such precious opportunities pass you by. Such synchronous events are signals that you are in the right place at the right time, or that you need to stop and pay close attention to what is in front of you.


4. Tune into intuitive empathy. This occurs when you "pick up a vibe" from another person. For no apparent reason, you suddenly feel hostility coming from a coworker, or you sense that your boss is hiding something. "This innate sense that we all have can be fine-tuned by becoming aware of it."


I strongly believe, that the more we listen to our internal guidance...the more we will build a relationship with our true power. You do not need to have a Ph.D or a University degree. We are all born with this gift, the question is:


* DO YOU LISTEN?

* DO YOU FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE?
* DO YOU TRUST IT?

To your career success!

2 comments:

The Spirit of Abundance said...

B R I L L I A N T post dear sis!! It so applies to EVERY AREA of our lives!

I love the phrase: 'Don’t let your intellect block your instincts = Don’t talk yourself out of something you feel'.

I'm living, or trying to live by this every day, and it so works :)

Luv,
sis

A Casa da Vá said...

Wow I really like the depth of what you write, so amazing! I was brought here through your sister's blog and this is one amazing article. I really appreciate the guidance! I am currently feeling my body warning me about a few things... but just waiting for the 'coincidences' to open up new paths...