232: 11 Practices to Strengthen Business Intuition (Part One)

Intuition is always speaking to you in subtle ways. Are you listening?

Intuition isn’t a gift that is only bestowed on a special few; everyone can strengthen this muscle—how loudly you hear these signals, and the trust in yourself to take action on the information you’re receiving.

In the comments of a recent ‘D🤦🏻‍♀️h post, Claudia asked:

I read your words “all-in on myself” and how you consciously cho(o)se to believe that the Universe was/is redirecting you, and can’t but think “Jenny’s so in tune with her intuition. No matter what comes, she has this trust muscle that allows her to keep going, to keep betting on herself and her ideas” and I wish I was “better” at it. Is this something you’ve gotten better at with practice? And is there any advice that you would share with us here about how to cultivate this way of being?

In this two-part solo episode, I’m sharing eleven strategies that have helped me build (and trust) my intuition at increasingly subtle levels. As always, I would love to hear from you! How do you practice the skill of following your intuition? Leave a voice note for a future listener-submission episode at http://itsfreetime.com/ask.

🌟 3 Key Takeaways

• There are four primary “clares”: Clairaudience (hearing voices), clairvoyance (seeing images), clairsentience (recognizing feelings), and claircognizance (knowing). Which one comes to you most readily?

• As Penney Peirce writes of superconscious guidance: “Superconscious guidance is easy to obtain. It’s available in every moment, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. You must only ask, look and listen. If you can’t for some reason recognize a superconscious message inside your own brain, rest assured that the higher powers will use a friend, a rival, a stranger, a license plate on a passing car, a billboard, a song lyric or an actor in a movie to speak your own higher mind to you. Similarly, you may unwittingly be used to speak important messages to others. Guidance is pouring out of all of us, in everything we say and do. So we must be willing to share and be ever on the alert to notice and respect the ideas of others.”

• Serendipity signage: With an inquiry pending, as you are moving through the world, look and listen for clues, including people you meet, signs you notice, lyrics you hear. What makes these moments interesting is that you are noticing them.

📝 Permission

Trust your intuitive hits, even if you do not have a verbal or rational explanation (yet!) to validate the “memos” or make sense of your insights. Oprah says, “Your life is always speaking to you. It speaks in whispers guiding you to your next right step.” Are you listening? What is your life whispering to you right now?

✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next

Review your intuition history: Reverse engineer previous intuitive hits and the action you took; times you listened, times you didn’t. Times it “worked,” and times it didn’t — even then, you don’t always know what the bigger picture might have been. How did your intuition speak to you in these moments (a whisper, a feeling, an image)?

🔗 Resources Mentioned

• Articles: Penney Peirce—7 Tips to Improve Your Intuition

• Catherine Carrigan—5 Easy Ways to Muscle Test Yourself

• Mind Body Green—How To Develop The 4 'Clairs' Of Intuition

• Oprah.com—Get a New Leash on Life by Martha Beck

• Rolling in D🤦🏻‍♀️h—Mutually Assured Rejection: Part One and Part Two

• Website: Work with Source (via Graham Duncan in Tribe of Mentors)

• Quiz: 4 Types Of Intuition: Which Are You Dominant In?

• Course: Become an Expert Intuitive: Trust What Your Deep Self Knows with Penney Peirce

📚 Books Mentioned

• Finding Your Own North Star and Steering by Starlight by Martha Beck

• The Intuitive Way: The Definitive Guide to Increasing Your Awareness and Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration by Penney Peirce

• The Psychic Pathway: A Workbook for Reawakening the Voice of Your Soul by Sonia Choquette

• Outrageous Openness and It’s Not Your Money by Tosha Silver

• The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker

• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

• The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron

• The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel-Shinn

• Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss (Graham Duncan, pages 56-63)

• mBraining by Grant Soosalu and Marvin Oka

• Introduction to Internal Family Systems and No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz

• Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business

• Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One

• Life After College

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