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was in gym and day time TV was streaming in the locker room when an interview caught my ear . I heard this woman talking about a study she did of successful women CEO ’ s . In her research , she discovered that they don ’ t necessarily believe in themselves , but when they felt to pursue their dreams and goals , they just chose to do what they wanted to do , anyway , despite their doubts .
Personally , I never really believed that most of the things that I now do would be possible for me either . Some people said I appeared confident because I learned to act that way , but really I was afraid of failure and I didn ’ t really believe in myself either .
Turns out , there is a really big difference between the fake to make it approach , and really and truly feeling like a master of your destiny .
Despite not believing in myself for most of my life , a few years ago , I began living my intuition , and what I realized 7 years later is that confidence , belief in yourself , and confidence aren ’ t required ingredients to do what you love and be a badass .
To me , being a badass not only means doing what you love or pursuing your version of badassery , but doing so without fear or avoiding failure and really enjoying the process of creativity as you follow that feeling toward your dreams and desires . It ’ s not only speaking your truth , but feeling so certain in who you are that you do so without worrying about approval from others .
Turns out , your intuition is badass , even if you think you ’ re not . And if you listen and follow it , it brings you to experiencing less fear and more of what you love . The more you trust it , the more you derive a sense of certainty in who you are rather than from your circumstances .
Here ’ s how it goes , I ’ ll get a feeling to do something , like when I decided that I didn ’ t want to work at a job in banking anymore about 10 years ago . And I felt to quit , so I did . I wasn ’ t sure what I was going to do next , and I took some time off at first , but later fell into my dream job working with a mentor that eventually led me to being a writer , speaker and coach .
Did I ever believe it would be possible for me to start a business ? Not really , again , I didn ’ t really believe in myself at the time , but I trusted the feeling . The more I trust the feeling , the less I fear any outcomes or results because it becomes more about feeling free to do anything ! Anything !
I know so many people who “ believe in infinite possibilities ” but don ’ t always take action towards what they love because they can ’ t always see those possibilities in their circumstances . And that ’ s because you need to decide to do what you feel moved by . Only then , after saying yes to your inner feeling of intuition , does it become a real life possibility .
One day I woke up and I felt that it was time to start my own business as a coach out on my own . I was scared , but I did it anyway , finding my only certainty in that feeling of possibility , which is intuition . Overnight , it seemed like all these synchronistic events unfolded where I “ randomly ” met a woman who hosts multi-speaker events that I headlined at a few weeks later . Just by continuing to follow my feeling to certain events , I would meet clients unexpectedly and my business kicked off organically . I ’ ve been doing it ever since and I love it .
Here ’ s what you need to know about Intuition so you can follow it and become more of a badass :
1 ) Intuition can be a feeling of inspiration or possibility and it comes to you not only of what ’ s possible for you , but almost with a certainty of experience . It ’ s almost like a feeling showing you what IS possible for you if you just follow it . Think of deja vu in reverse .
2 ) You don ’ t get to decide whether you ’ re going to succeed or fail through following that feeling of possibility , intuition is actually about the bigger picture so you can experience more fearlessness .
If you follow your intuition to a new business and it ends up being a failure , you have the opportunity to overcome your fear of failure AND also redefine your ideas of success . Aka not feeling afraid IS success in life .
3 ) Following intuition is a creative process that only gives you the moment by moment action .
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