In coaching we often go with our intuition and trust the process. However, when we are making decisions about our coaching or our business we tend to lean on our logic rather than our internal resources to make decisions-afraid of what others may think. Intuition is just as important in business as it is in other settings. In fact, a recent study shows that 62% of CEOs rate gut feelings as being highly influential in their business decisions. (2006, PRWeek/Burson-Marsteller CEO Survey) If your gut tells you something is off trust it. You may not realize how right that feeling is ‘til much later. If you get a bad read, walk away before it destroys your business, your coaching and/or your confidence.
- What situations have you found yourself in lately that you may be questioning?
- What clues tell you it is worth further investigation or energy?
- What clues tell you to walk away?
Comments (2)
jennie:
Dec 05, 2011 at 04:57 PM
When I first started my business I thought it was best that I surround myself with other types of businesses-not coaches. I spent lots of money going to the wrong networking groups connecting with people that didn't get nor wanted to take the time to understand what I did for a living. My gut told me weekly that it wasn't working but I tried for 3 years to force it to work. Finally, I decided to go back to the group I knew best-other coaches and I began to find new ways to market, collaborate and expand my organization. I realized together we make a stronger force than apart.
Sherri Nelson:
Dec 07, 2011 at 05:18 AM
I am currently dealing with a situation in which my intution was saying "yes" while my logic was saying "no" on a business decision. I followed my intution and discovered my intuition was not right. To get past a mistake based on logic seems to be easier because we can tell ourselves that not all the facts were in. To move ourselves past an error involving intuition becomes much more difficult because at some level it violates a trust - either of self or another person. What I've discovered to be helpful in moving past it is to treat the intuition as if it were logic. What was true at the time the decision was made? What is true now? What is the difference? In my situation, I've discovered the other person I relied on had not shown up authentically, which is completely out of my hands. That is her "monster" to manage and I am at choice to make it about me or make it about her. Personally, I'm choosing the later because that is where the facts lie... intuitively speaking of course.
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