Once You Know Your Conscious is Just an Animal Instinct Its Easy to Ignore
Animal instinct.
We all have it.
Studies have shown that when people are made aware of their heartbeats, they actually made better decisions. In other words, the more biologically attuned you are with your own mind and body, the better your judgment.
The more you listen to your inner voice, the better decisions you make. The more you listen to others, on the other hand, the worse decisions you make. Contrary to popular belief, popular decisions can ruin your life.
The American Psychological Association examined the phenomenon of instinctive feelings, referring to this process as knowing without having knowledge, or a sense of making a judgment without information, based on the power of "non-conscious" thought.
What they found was that multiple factors that are non-conscious go into forming split-second decisions which depend heavily on your subjective personal history. These non-conscious factors can either serve you well, or destroy you.
You've heard it before – someone tells you that they ignored their "gut" and later regretted their decisions.
This same process reigns true over business deals, projects you're invited to, and all levels of decision-making.
That gut impression, your inner voice, intuition, or other unspoken, irrational, impulse is part of being an animal.
Here are 3 reasons why you should reconnect with and listen to your inner voice…
1. It protects you from selling out.
Refuse to copy other people's career decisions. Refuse to copy their expectations. The truth is, most people's idea of normal is wrong.
Most people believe your career is a symbiotic or sacrificial event. They believe that you are supposed to sell yourself — your very soul — for what they want for you.
The only way to be happy with your career is to reject this idea. You must constantly remind yourself that your career is an independent event.
Your gut feelings about how long to work, what to do, who to work with, must come from the only person who has to live with the consequences of your decisions… YOU.
Don't let the path of least resistance win by making you afraid. Don't fear going against so-called popular opinions. Don't sell out and just follow the crowd.
Be unique and listen to your unique inner voice.
2. It protects you from being dependent.
Stop opinion-polling.
Look — popular opinions are usually wrong. And all that matters is that they're wrong for YOU. You'll never be successful in business by following a consensus blueprint for what you should do.
Go to college, graduate, work a mediocre job with a mediocre wage. Depend on your boss for your success. Be needy, safe, and boring. Stay average. Tiptoe to the grave.
If you listen to popular opinions like these, you deserve to have a dead-end career. You deserve to be dependent on middle managers for job security.
The truth is, you don't need popular opinion to tell you what to do with your life. You don't need other people to tell you how to solve your problems.
Base your decisions on the feedback you get from your work. Not feedback from other people.
3. It protects you from being manipulated.
Trusting your gut will protect you from manipulators. Listening to your inner voice and ignoring the voices of others will fill you with confidence. Over time, you'll develop a strong knowing for what you want for your career.
This knowing will serve as resistance against negative and controlling people. When you rely on other people for guidance, you open yourself up to attack. When you lack conviction, you become a target.
Once you compromise on yourself, you'll compromise on anything. Manipulative and toxic coworkers and bosses rely on you asking for their advice. They rely on you compromising on yourself. The less you compromise, the more you protect yourself.
If you want to meet your career goals, follow your rational mind and your inner voice — not society's half-baked ideas about what's best for you.
Everyone has an opinion. About their job, yours, and everyone else's. Opinions are cheap. They serve as external validation of one's own choices. They create noise in our lives and make it impossible to tune into our own inner voice. They distract us from following our gut and disconnect us from important information that we can use to make aligned decisions for our lives. When you ignore public opinion and listen to your inner voice, you are protected from being dependent, un-confident, and easily manipulated. By following your own inner voice instead of the many voices of others, you will succeed and thrive in your career.
When have you relied on animal instinct to drive your career? Tell me in a comment below.
I also write for Fast Company and Entrepreneur Magazine:
- The Skills You Need To Grow Your Business
- 10 People Who Will Destroy Your Business
- 5 Benefits Of Being A Misfit Entrepreneur
Check out my book of personal and professional advice, Black Hole Focus: How Intelligent People Create A Powerful Purpose For Their Lives.
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-animal-instinct-protects-your-career-dr-isaiah-hankel
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