The Law of Intuition: What do you think you know?

This week's journey through the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership takes us to a law most leaders know they have, the Law of Intuition. OK, so it's more of a feeling than a knowing, if you will, but it's a primary reason leaders make the decisions they do. Dr. Maxwell says "Because of their intuition, leaders evaluate everything with a leadership bias. Some people are born with great leadership intuition. Others have to work hard to develop and hone it. But either way it evolves, the result is a combination of natural ability and learned skills." (emphasis mine)

I emphasized learned skills because that's what we're all about here at JJLN; learning new skills to better grow as leaders. This week I'd like you to focus on the new skills you're learning and how you are learning them. Then think about how learning these new skills are helping your intuition.

Example: If you're not normally a people person, and you're learning interpersonal communication skills, how does this new learning help you better "feel" why the person is responding the way they are to your coaching/leading/managing?

If you're already good at something and already have leadership intuition, that doesn't mean you can't sharpen the point and make it great! Take some time to understand where your greatest intuition comes from, and think about whether or not this comes from a spot of your greatest knowledge, or if it's there just because you "know it." Chances are it's a strong combination of the two.

Next week we'll talk about the Law of Magnetism: Who You Are is Who You Attract.

[Phil Gerbyshak is a public speaker who shares his unique twist on leadership, management, lifelong learning, and relationship building
with various organizations around the United States. He's proof that
you can teach an old dog new tricks, and that if you keep learning, you can improve your life.]

Comments

[April Groves]

Late again!

I am trying to learn to better discern between new projects that are good for me and those that are not.

Not projects that I develop, but those projects of others I am invited into. So many folks have great ideas and so much to offer. So many deserve the benefit of the doubt that their new venture is great. But not all these projects are for me. I must learn to figure that out more quickly.

Intuition plays a large part in this. Experience too. I am drawing both on what my gut says and what my past knowledge tells me. Usually works out pretty good until the two conflict...then it gets real fun :)

[Phil Gerbyshak]

April - I think discernment goes hand in hand with intuition, and I think you can learn both. When you combine them, you can get experience, good or bad.

And you mentioned the inner conflict...I wonder how we overcome that? Which one wins? Both? Neither? Can we satisfy both? I don't know the answer.