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Gut feeling raises beneficial mood

90% need more than 2 options for feeling good after decisions

 

 

 

 

Gut decisions provide ad hoc a better feeling than the ones having been made according to data and facts: 1. Because it is less complex to decide spontaneously and intuitively and 2. because gut decisions lead us apparently closer to our core, to our authentic preferences, whereas data and facts could suggest to go new ways. And new ways cost in the majority of cases particular willpower. Therefore, gut decisions are much more often applied, says at least a recently published German scientific study.

Also exciting: 90% among us need more than 2 options for feeling good after having made a decision.

Remmers/Topolinski/Knaevelsrud/Zander-Schellenberg/Unger/Anoschin/ Zimmermann, “Go with your gut! The Beneficial Mood Effect of Intuitive Decisions”, in: Emotion, 24(7), 1652-1662.

 

 

 

From the practice:

The paper refers to day-by-day decisions and not so much to those that are made in the working place. Still, I don´t see that many differences: even in companies, political parties, universities etc. decisions were again and again made based on personal preferences and not according to the respective facts. Additionally: In contrast to private gut decisions leaders do know mostly how they should proceed specifically, and don´t do it nevertheless.

My personal point of view: intuition ought to be found in the office, too, not in the sense of “What do I like most?”, though, but in the sense of “How do I cope with this personally and what do I have to keep in mind for communicating it in a motivating way?” In that case guts and brain support each other lovely and fruitfully

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