Dr. Trisha Pasricha

And we are the ones who give it this label and assign it some prophetic value that it's telling me something.

But actually, I think if we're looking at this just on a scientific level, one of the most powerful tools we can make, we can use, and something that we should learn is that

Instead of just impulsively acting on what we're calling a gut feeling, we should learn to pause, listen to that gut feeling.

And instead of asking, is this good or bad?

Ask yourself, what am I missing about this situation?

What is my gut perceiving that my brain in my head has not yet understood?

Let me give you two examples.

Great.

So suppose you're a leader in your group and someone's presenting a new proposal.

And that proposal sounds great on paper and everyone in the room, they're nodding along.

They like it.

You suddenly get this tightening in your gut.

Popular culture would say, oh, that's a gut feeling.

It's a bad gut feeling.

There's something off about this proposal.

Yes.

You should reject it.

And maybe the proposal is horrible.

I'm not sure.

But