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Ilana Donna Arazie  Live From Your Gut  Posted: 11/15/11 08:30
AM ET  I recently met a woman named Rosa Kittrell Barksdale, who
wrote the book, "The Intuitive Entrepreneur," and reminded me
that the best decisions we make come from our gut.  As a child,
I loved making decisions by flipping a coin. Head or tails:
"Which guy should I sit next to at lunch?" I would ask myself.
Coin flipping backfired after a while, when I found myself
sitting next to my French teacher, who didn't appreciate my
overtly-friendly nature.  Later in college, I used my analytic
skills to handle my forks in the road -- making lists and
calculating risks. My decisions were created from equations,
which didn't work well either. During sophomore year, I broke
the heart of my long-time boyfriend to move out of the country
for a year. Needless to say, neither my boyfriend or mother were
thrilled with me.  Today, I still struggle with indecision now
and then, and figuring out wha