Speaker #0Hi everyone, Malu speaking. I'm the author of Life's Notebook. Welcome to the Elevation Grid. I speak about career, science and well-being. Okay, enough. Let's talk. Intuition is a gut feeling. It's gut feeling, it's not rational decision-making, which is often dismissed, and people think it's mystical, it's witchery to some extent. And intuition, by definition, is actually... Your brain, which picks up clues from your past experience and past memories and match them with current facts. And so you have aha moments. Oh yeah, I have already lived this situation in the past. It might be useful that I apply some of the rules which I applied before, which made me successful. I can reuse at this time. This is what I would define as intuition. Then, do I use intuition in my daily life? I think it can be a complement to rational decision making. So usually people collect, especially in the era of data collection as we are today. They collect a lot of data, they take a lot of advice, and then they still have to make that decision. And that's where intuition can be beneficial in addition to the rest of the data. So the question is how to use intuition in a business environment where preferentially people use data. and rely on facts rather than on intuition. I think one good example would be when you are making a deal with another company or when you are acquiring another company, it's good to use your intuition a little bit, especially what regards people, because sometimes it's very important that you have a good intuition. The different people of the different companies get along very well and have a certain fit. And that oftentimes you can feel, well, this guy... I think it will work out. He has the approach which is similar to mine. I can live with it. And that's not your data which will tell you that it's the intuition you feel because your brain is picking in your vast reservoir of memories and data. and can make a comparison, match the facts to your experience and give you a sense of, yes, I can work with that person or not. I would say yes. I would say there is definitely a role of intuition in science because you can be confronted with two products which have the same or similar efficacy and safety profile, but you have to pick one. So you don't have the budget to cover both. Sometimes your intuition will tell you, well, that drug might be more useful because the mechanism of action is different and might be having an effect which is longer lasting maybe or which can be used for more people than the other drug. Yeah, intuition needs to be used wisely, and I would test drive intuition in order to make sure that I make the right decision. For example, when you are faced with a change in your career, for example, you have an opportunity to join a different company with a new job, with a promotion inside, that's very interesting. So you have data, obviously you can compare the size of the company, the products, etc. But still you need to know, do I join the other company or do I stay in my current one? So eventually I would say... Test drive your decisions and stick with three days, for three days think and act as if you are staying in your own company and feel what you are thinking. How do you feel? Are you happy? Are you feeling kind of bored or same thing with the other company. The new company, the workload, the additional workload which you might face, does it make you nauseous or does it make you full of excitement? So it's very interesting to feel that for a couple of days and see how you think about it and then compare it. And so your intuition can help you make a decision beyond the facts you know of the different companies, which are obviously clear, but your choice might not be as clear.
