Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. Warning! Do not confuse your hunches with wishful thinking. This is the road to disaster.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Trust instinctual hunches based on subconscious facts but distinguish them from wishful thinking.
- In plain terms
- Listen to your hunches but make sure they aren't just what you want to happen.
- What can you take from it?
- Differentiate between informed intuition and wishful thinking.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you trust your gut?
- How do you verify hunches?
Another view
Intuition can be flawed if based on incorrect past experiences.
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