The Laws of Charisma

CHAPTER 10

INTUITION:FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCT

Often you have to rely on intuition.

—BILL GATES

Whether you call it a hunch, a gut reaction, or just a feeling, intuition is real and can be harnessed to increase your ability to influence and transmit charisma. Intuition helps you read and understand people in an instant. Intuition is a combination of your feelings, your wisdom, and your experience. People who are able to distinguish between random thoughts and intuition are more successful in life and in business. CEOs of large corporations, for example, have access to all the research they need to make sound, educated decisions. Yet the successful ones will admit that ultimately they have to follow their heart and use personal intuition.

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