Our intuition is one of the most important gifts that we were all born with. There may be times when you ignore that little voice within and go with your logical mind.
At other times you may trust your gut feelings and go with them.
Here are a few questions for you to see how you react to certain situations regarding your Intuition. Mark off which alternative (a., b. or c.) fits your usual approach.
CHECK YOUR INTUITIVE STYLE
1.When faced with a difficult situation, do you:
a. panic and go in to extreme stress mode
b. call your friends to ask their advice
c. stay calm and wait for inner guidance
2. If you have to make a business decision that involves changes, do you:
a. go with what feels right
b. stall decision-making as soon as possible
c. put it in the too-hard basket
3. If you had a funny feeling about someone close to you this morning, would you:
a. ignore your feelings and carry on
b. go with your feelings and contact them
c. discuss the matter with a friend
4. If you had a hunch that you needed to talk to a particular person today, would you:
a. go with your hunch and ring that person
b. forget about it
c. think it through logically and decide against it
5. Do you believe intuition is:
a. something that other people may have, not you
b. you are too practical to believe in it
c. it’s something we are all born with
6. You have a great idea which everyone else thinks is crazy, do you:
a. decide against doing anything about it
b. go ahead and trust your feelings
c. research what has been done in the past
7. You have had an interesting dream, do you:
a. look up its meaning in a dream analysis book
b. ignore it
c. try to analyse what it might mean for you
8. Someone wants you to do something that you do not feel comfortable about doing, do you:
a. go ahead and do it
b. tell them that it does not feel right to you
c. postpone giving them your answer
9. If you disagree with someone about a certain course of action, do you:
a. tell them you do not agree
b. agree with them just to keep the peace
c. give them examples why it won’t work
10. Your reaction to trying anything new is:
a. I can’t do it, so I won’t try
b. Treat it as a challenge and go ahead
c. Think of all the reasons why you shouldn’t do it
To see what style you generally use, give yourself 3 points for each of the following answers:
1. c. 2. a. 3. b. 4. a. 5. c. 6. b. 7. c. 8.b.
9. a. 10. b.
If you scored between 24 – 30 you use your intuition most of the time when making decisions.
Remember there are no right or wrong answers. If you chose other alternatives it may be that you prefer a logical or analytical approach to decision marking and only use your intuition at certain times.
If your score was between 18 – 23 you are using your intuition more often than not, but are also being guided by your past experience in solving problems.
If your score is between 0 – 17 you may rely a bit more on your logical or analytical mind when dealing with life situations. You may analyse things according to your past experience and/or toss around ideas with other people before coming to decisions, rather than going with your intuition.
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