The entire trajectory of my life was altered this year with these two ideas:

1. Trusting my gut

2. The quote below 👇🏽

Let’s start with the quote in one of Sahil Bloom’s newsletters that, when I read it, stopped me dead in my tracks:

“𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰?

”When making big, scary, potentially life-altering decisions, it can prove valuable to step out of your own situation, detach from the emotions, and see things from a bird’s eye view.

A “unique vantage point,” Sahil mentions, to see the bigger picture and surrounding landscapes.

An external perspective usually doesn’t hurt. Sometimes, even makes things obvious. ——Second - trusting your gut.

Easier said than done. They say you have a second brain - the one in your gut.

I’m starting to question if that might actually be our first brain.

Rooted in the subconscious, supernatural, mystical realms of life.

Something you can feel, but can’t quite explain.

But only you truly know what you feel. Because our other brain will argue head over heart all day.

And justify decisions with logic, ration, and reason, that makes total sense.

And thank God for that brain.

We need it. Especially in life or death situations.

Or making a data-driven business decision.

But, deep down, our gut instinct is a very powerful sense of reality, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 reality, that is crucial to lean into.

And trust - no matter how scary it might be. You know when you’re going against it, and you know when you’re aligned.

From the wise words of Sahil’s grandfather:

𝑫𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒕.

So as we approach a new year, I encourage you to ask yourself:

What would 𝒚𝒐𝒖 be screaming at yourself to do right now… in the movie of your life?

And when you answer that question, trust it.

Do like Steve Jobs and, “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”

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