Joel Pearson

This is something that I've experienced for years and basically it's basically your body's data filter finally getting a clear signal.

another way we might feel an answer is through a classic gut check but there is a catch here when you're facing a massive life shifts you know maybe moving countries or starting a business or you know making a big decision in your business or in your life how do you know if that gut feeling is genuine if it's like a wise intuition or it's just basically loud unhelpful anxiety To find out if your gut check is pointing you in the right direction, you can use a science-based framework developed by Dr. Joel Pearson.

He is a cognitive neuroscientist and professor of psychology at the University of New South Wales.

In his book, The Intuition Toolkit, he created a five-step filter using the acronym SMILE.

And I think that's often where we might say or think about relying on our gut or our intuition.

And the reason I bring this up is because this week I finished reading a book on intuition by a neuroscientist called Professor Joel Pearson.

And he describes intuition as a skill that can be developed through learning and experience.

So he says people who describe intuition as a sixth sense is really unhelpful because in his mind, and he's got scientific evidence to support this, intuition is not a mysterious ability.