What I'm finding is that I need to hone my intuition more...by learning to trust it. One avenue I've used for awhile is with the game show, "Jeopardy."
I watch the show most nights, and I've found this interesting little quirk...I get answers right X percent of the time, some nights more (or less) than other nights. When I get them right, I actually knew the answer, when I get them wrong, I thought I knew the answer. Then there are the ones I do not have a clue...usually the final jeopardy questions. I don't even try to think it through...I just pick an answer out of the air, say it, and wait to hear the answer. It is incredible how often I am right. Recently, there was a question about what king did such and such in like 1015...I had no more idea than who the man's queen was at the time. So I said, "Charles the First." And that was the answer. This happens a lot.
This clearly is not my surpassing intellect...it's not even an educated guess. I'm taking it as proof of my intuitive sense...because why not? When something can be neither proved, nor disproved, go with the most positive is my theory. Why accept a not so good when good is an option?
And I do believe that a finely honed intuition is a lot more important than a high I.Q. I know too many people with a high I.Q. and not a lick of common sense, much less intuitive sense.
My I.Q. is high enough, I'm not lacking in common sense, but in a dicey situation, my intuition has saved if not my butt at least my face more than a couple of times. It has also saved another person's feelings…the pearl beyond price.
Just intuiting when to speak and what to say, when asked, is an example. When we're right, it is grace disguised as intuition. When we're wrong, it's grace disguised as humility.
Thank You.
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