Rules of Life, The, 4th Edition

RULE 12

Be your own adviser

Deep down within all of us is a fount of wisdom. This is called intuition. Listening to your intuition is a slow learnt process. It starts by recognizing that tiny inner voice or feeling that will tell you when you’ve done something you shouldn’t have. It’s an incredibly still, quiet voice and needs silence and concentration to hear it properly to begin with.

You might like to call it your conscience if you like, but deep down you know when you’ve done something bad. You know when you’ve got to apologize, make amends, put things right. You know. And I know you know. I know because we all know. There’s no getting away from it.

Once you start listening to that inner voice, or feeling the feeling, you’ll find it can ...