This week's theme is, trust your intuition. The more you trust, the more it trusts you. Who are we, what are we, how are we evolving, which part of our brain do we trust--these themes are steaming out of the movies Hollywood is serving up, whether it's the upcoming Terminator (what happens when humans and robots merge) or the popular new X-Men film, Wolverine (what's the "animal" in you?), or even films about girlfriends and ghosts. I've had a slew of encounters in the last 7 days where I just seemed to have plucked information from air, making a deeper connection.
The first person asked about my law practice, which I somehow analogized to the philosophy Rumsfeld had adopted, when he decided to revamp the military by focusing on light, mobile units instead of the old, 20th-century mindset that was always building clunky armor against "the Communists."
I don't know why I invoked Rumsfeld. The Dalai Lama or Thich Nat Han or even Ghandi or Mother Theresa would have been more fitting to my personality. I just said whatever popped into my head--yes, that's right!--because after the grounded education that a BA, JD, MBA and MFA has provided, I've also developed a trust and healthy respect for my business intuition. It turned out that she came from a military family, and Donald R was the perfect metaphor for her. The analogy made total sense, and she was amazed that I intuitively connected with the military echoes in her childhood.
This same 'coincidence' occurred again and again, as I seemed to plunk a metaphor out of the ethers that related something as seemingly factual as a law practice to something deep inside the person. Eventually, I realized I was leading with my heart and spirit, and letting my intellect sort of catch up to the more advanced and full reality. Now, what % of our brains can we really use, and is the brain just sitting inside the skull, or does it permeate our being?
When we trust ourselves, we become channels for our own divine intelligence. That is how I practice law, that is how I give business advice. I listen to my own golden mind before I speak--the higher mind that has developed discrimination. This I learned from modeling a great spiritual warrior; and also from learning to trust that a refined mind knows best. As Milton Erickson, MD, the great hypnotherapist, used to say: "Your conscious mind is very smart, and your unconscious mind is even smarter than that." So to which one will you turn for your business judgments?
I hope this newsletter is useful and that you are gaining insights and skills for your own success.
Have a great week,
Michael H. Cohen
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