Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE YOURSELF - Eddie Pinero Best Motivational Speeches Compilation
12 Nov 2024
In this episode, I dig into the art of decision-making, especially when it comes to those pivotal, life-altering choices that define who we are. Jeff Bezos once shared that his best decisions have come not from data and analysis but from heart, intuition, and guts. Sure, numbers and logic have their place, but when it comes to the big decisions, it’s instinct that guides us toward what truly aligns with our path. Data can’t tell us which direction matters most to us—it might paint a picture, but only our inner compass knows where to go. But here's the thing: we often pit heart and mind against each other, like they're rivals. They’re not. They’re collaborators. A fulfilling journey requires both: our intuition gives us purpose, our brain supplies the strategy. It’s about setting your sights on a destination that resonates deeply with you, one that pulls you forward, and then letting your mind help you make it real. How do you approach your biggest decisions? -Eddie Monday Motivation Newsletter: https://www.eddiepinero.com/newsletter Free Ebook: www.eddiepinero.com/ebook YouTube: www.eddiepinero.com/youtube
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What goes into your decision making? Particularly the big decisions, the important ones. I heard a quote that moved me from Jeff Bezos. It was a video on Twitter. And he said, my best decision in business and in life have been made with heart, intuition, and guts, but not analysis. And he continues, when you can make a decision with analysis, you should do so.
But it turns out that in life, your most important decisions are always made with instinct, intuition, and taste. And that connected some dots for me. Because I think the big decisions, the life-altering decisions, where we are pointing the ship should be made via intuition. Data can't tell you which direction is most important to you.
And even if it could, if your heart's not in it, if it's not aligned with who you are and where you feel you need to be, it wouldn't really matter anyway. The most important decisions we make, even right out of the gate, there's this feeling of it's aligned or it isn't. We know right away, we feel it right away. Someone once said to me, if you can't decide if something's good or not, flip a coin.
Because you'll know while that coin is in the air, what side you want it to land on. And we do, we know. And so after deciding,
after letting intuition guide us then and only then in my humble opinion of course do we calculate the how that's the analysis part once we've committed and our hearts are aligned yeah you use the data all around you the evidence collected along the way to map an efficient path i think people tend to put the heart and the brain against each other as though they're rivals i know i certainly have but
I think they need to coexist together. Think about it. If you select your North Star based on analysis, you'll probably lack the drive to get there. And conversely, once decided, if you map the course based solely on heart or feel, you'll be operating blind, limiting your ability to make accurate adjustments based on real life circumstances. You need both.
I'm making some pretty substantial changes here in my life. I'm moving again, this time to Arizona, starting up some new ventures, placing myself in a few situations that weren't even on the radar six months ago. I can't explain my rationale using mathematical models. I just know deep in my soul that it's where I need to be. It feels right. It's calling me. The same way 10 years ago,
Writing speeches in a small Boston apartment for no revenue at the time couldn't be explained. Can't show your work on a decision like that, right? It's just something that feels good. And, you know, once you jump in, then yeah, you start relying on the brain, the analysis to grow and improve and evolve.
But I do believe if we made the big decisions based only on the things we could prove or the things we were sure of, the biggest and most important leaps would never have been made. Risks wouldn't be taken. I mean, you don't take risks because you run the numbers and the odds work. You take risks because life is, when you break it down, remove the nuance and details, about the journey.
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