Episode 356: Your Intuition Is Your Career Superpower
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Intuition is often dismissed as something emotional or impossible to measure, but its real power extends far beyond a passing feeling. In this solo episode of Workday Playdate, Erin explores why your intuition may be your greatest career superpower and why learning to trust yourself is essential for thinking quickly on your feet.
Using cognitive science and improv principles Erin shares how to stop outsourcing your knowing and start making decisions with greater confidence, clarity, and speed.
Your Gut Is Smarter Than You Think
Many of us have experienced the moment when we ignore a gut feeling only to realize later that we knew the answer all along. Erin unpacks the science behind intuition, explaining how our brains process years of experience, emotional memory, and pattern recognition faster than our conscious minds can keep up. Far from being "woo-woo," intuition is often our fastest and most experienced form of thinking.
Why We Stop Trusting Ourselves
Somewhere between spreadsheets, stakeholder meetings, and endless requests for more data, many professionals learn to stop trusting themselves. Erin explores how workplace culture can train us out of self-trust and why constantly seeking external validation often leads to hesitation, overthinking, and slower decision-making.
The G.U.T.S. Framework
When uncertainty strikes, Erin introduces a four-step framework designed to help you reconnect with your intuition and move from analysis paralysis into action.
The framework includes: Get Quiet, Uncover the Signal, Trust the Move, Speak It Out.
Intuition Is Thinking Quickly on Your Feet
Great improvisers don't succeed because they think longer than everyone else. They succeed because they trust their first instinct, commit to their choices, and build from there. Erin explains why this same principle applies to leadership, communication, and decision-making in today's fast-moving workplace.
Leading With Self-Trust
At its core, trusting your intuition isn't about abandoning data or making reckless decisions. It's about recognizing that your experience matters. Every conversation, challenge, success, and setback has created a reservoir of wisdom that deserves a seat at the table. When we learn to trust ourselves, we become faster thinkers, stronger leaders, and more confident decision-makers.
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