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Instinct in a World of Analytics!
Instinct
in a World of Analytics!
By-
Aditi Maheshwari
As technology and
artificial intelligence advances decisions are more data driven and based on
facts. It is true that data and analytics help us take calculated risk, measure
success to some extent, guide our decisions, etc. but complete reliance on data
and analytics kills our curiosity, diminishes our adventurous streak, makes us
more robotic than human. Our first impressions are created by our past
experiences and our environment, which develops in us a fear-based energy,
limiting us in our ability to tap into our intuition. There is great potential
in intuition. We all have intuitive powers within us but only few are able to
use it, simply because you won’t always get visible evidence to your intuition,
it won’t always make sense or look and feel logical, but nonetheless if you go
with your intuition, it proves to be your best choice. You’ll intuitively get
to know whether you are being valued or devalued. Intuitive perception requires
you to silence your thoughts, forget all your personal cares and desires, until
nothing remains but awe for the miracle before you. These efforts put you on a
journey beyond the narrow self-love and although the process is not always
comfortable and is slowly progressive, yet its rewards are noticeable and
extremely satisfying.
Leveraging on the skills
of human instincts and human reasoning in problem solving, critical thinking
and imagination is a divine gift that needs to be nurtured. Operating on the
basis of intuition is an unconventional pattern of working. A sudden flash of
insight is the highest form of intelligence. However, it requires faith to
listen to and follow the whisper of your sacred inner voice, which is pure and
unaffected from all external influences. Fear goes for your weakest spot, which
it finds with unnerving ease. Fear is a stubbornness of not accepting change
for the better, simply because you are too comfortable in your prejudice and
your non-acceptance of truth.
When we ignore our
instincts, we start resorting to conservative approaches. We tend to avoid
taking risks, we become more focused on what already happened or took place
(history) rather than what can happen (potential of the unknown). We start
losing the perspective of exploration and adventure. Being too loyal and
fixated to already existing ideas which thereby robs us of the potential to
create new ideas.
We know some successful
people who didn’t score well in tests or academics. Such individuals followed
their heart and did something they were truly passionate about. They educated
and trained themselves to achieve their goals without being certified by
degrees and diplomas (analytical data). Examples: - Albert Einstein, Bill
Gates, Thomas Edison, Charles Darwin, Walt Disney, etc. This proves that you
don’t always need to depend on one way of working. There are many elements of
education that can’t be measured in an infographic. Had The
Wright brothers, completely depended on data and analytics they would never
have invented, built, and flew the world$s first successful motor-operated
airplane.
So, the question arises;
how do you measure potential? Potential Analysis can give a glimpse of the
positive and negative attributes of an individual, but it can’t truly show
whether an individual will be or not be successful. Can analytics enable you to
calculate the elements like confidence, resilience, risk taking abilities in
the face of failures, consistency when it gets truly difficult, emotional
intelligence, etc. of everyone out there. Is too much dependency killing our
creativity and imagination?
As Maya Angelou said,
“You may not remember what your teachers taught you, but you’ll always remember
how they made you feel.”
“Feelings”, they are
there for a reason. When we don’t consider peoples feelings, we are neglecting
the core principle of humanity. Nobody wants to work with someone who is
focused merely on numbers with no interest or consideration of people’s
feelings. Remember, there will always be someone better than you but that does
not make you inferior in any way, but what sets you apart is how authentically
you live. When we follow our intuition, we honour our core selves. Take back
your power by following your intuition and live your best life. When you expose
yourself to your deepest fear, you can see the truth clearly but if you
continue to ignore or deny its existence, it will only shrink your freedom to
honour your real self. Be brave to listen to that sacred voice and see the
magic happen. The fear of being hurt or caught out or being humiliated blinds
us from the vision of a bright future. You need to be bold enough to invest in
your intuition and act outwardly on what you hear inwardly. So, the best
interplay is to trust your instincts but also study the associated data, so
that you can make a proper case to win over. Keep in mind, we are dealing with
humans and not machines and if people don’t feel free to function in their
natural operating mode, unique to everyone, they will not be performing their
best. Give a fair chance to individuals willing to work, that’s how you can see
what they are capable of. Also, not everyone is suited for every job, but each
individual is gifted uniquely and can be put to work accordingly.