Your instincts get sharpened by following them more than by questioning them.
And that process is tough and risky and messy. Because when you follow your instincts and it doesn’t go well, it’s on you.
Your instincts have a default starting point of being weak.
So if all you do is question your instincts you’ll never know the reality of their impact…you’ll only have your own speculation to try to grow from.
Over time you learn whether an instinct is right or if it’s just last nights pizza talking.
But your instincts get sharp by following them. By having that gut feeling and acting on it (rather than only speculating about it).
The only way to have sharp instincts is by following them, owning mistakes and losses and then following them again.
***Don’t get confused to think that sharp instincts only mean my way or the highway. It turns out the powerful instinct to listen, or to ask someone else’s opinion, or to let someone else lead is just as powerful and inspired and sharp.
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