

How Can Your Gut Feelings Make You Successful?


Do you know when to stand up for yourself?

Do you know when to stand up for yourself?

If you ask most people if they want to be successful and they will  say “of course.” If you ask them their strategy, they have the “deer in the head lights look.” Success, like most everything else, requires a strategy. Most of us have a strategy for most things, even doing the laundry!

Being successful requires a strategy. If you’re buying a new car or a house you have a strategy. You make a list of the things that are important to you and from that determine what you’re looking for.

One thing you can do is to pay attention to your gut instinct.  You know, “gut instinct” is that feeling you get. It’s the feeling that makes you question what you’re doing. It may suggest “go forward or pull back.” Your gut feelings have a lot to do with  your life decisions.

You can have  the best plans in the world but  if it “doesn’t  feel right” it’s doubtful you will act.  It’s important to not overlook your feelings.

How do gut feelings work? Whenever we have an experience not only is the data stored but so are the feelings about it. That’s where the butterflies in our stomach come from when we’re  trying something new. These feelings are connected to an event that has happened in the past. Have you heard the  phrase “Trust Your Gut.” How rational is that? On what basis does anyone trust the gut? But gut-trusting is as normal a part of everyday business as is any logically calculated response. Check out this article on “Pay Attention: Your Unconscious May Be Overruling Your Conscious Choices.

Have you ever met someone new  and all of a sudden a  warm feeling came over you? Instinctively you like this person? This likely comes from an experience with a person who you’ve met in the past who  is “similar.” This also happens when you instinctively don’t like the person.

gut instinctThere are things that happen in our life that make us feel instinctively good. This is often called “intuition.” This is why people who look for the good in life and success often find it. They continually conjure up good feelings and go with them. This doesn’t mean they ignore danger, it means they look for positive rather than negative cues.

Paying attention to your gut feelings can help you stay on the road to success or derail you, so it’  important not to ignore these feelings.

Lisbeth Calandrino provides innovative and practical advice to businesses wanting to build loyal customers. Her book, Red Hot Customer Service can be purchased at her web site. To have her speak to your group, she can be reached at




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One Response

  1. Magpies says:

    Agree, but I need an additional 10-12 hours a day to accomplish my goals. :-)