How to Make an Intuitive Decision

Should you take that job offer you’re not too excited about or wait for a better one?

What an opportunity! You’ve been accepted at two great schools. Which one do you choose? How do you make the right decision?

To help you determine whether a choice you’re making is the best direction to follow, try this. Write several sentences on a notepad about a decision you’re about to make.

For the purpose of this exercise, give yourself two options —

Choice A:

Choice B:

Imagine yourself making the decision to go with choice A. Close your eyes and ask yourself the following questions. Then repeat the exercise with choice B.

“How do you feel about this decision?”

•  Up. Enthusiastic.
•  Down. Depressed.

 “How do you physically experience this decision?”

•  Lightness, openness, flexibility.
•  Stomach or shoulders tighten at the thought of pursuing  this choice.

“Do you receive any visual impressions when thinking about this choice?”

•  Positive images surround the symbolic representation of this decision.
•  I see an X through the decision, or I see some other negative image.

Of course these are just illustrations of the many ways intuition might speak to you on whether you’re about to make a good choice or a bad one. Part of learning to develop your intuition is becoming familiar with the ways in which it communicates to you. You have your own personalized way you receive the information.

In fact, it’s much like learning a foreign language. At first it may be unfamiliar to you, yet, with practice, you begin to notice subtle nuances, shades and characteristics that allow you to recognize the intuitive messages.