My clients often say they do not have enough headspace to prepare for the future adequately. Every day, more short-term objectives and issues get priority. At the same time, rationally, we all know that building a new strategy and exploring new adventures happens if we pay enough attention to what's further on the horizon than just the next quarter's plan. You need to plant seeds for growth. I am convinced that even with the best time management skills in the world, you still cannot get the most out of yourself and your company if you only focus on creating headspace. Analytical thinking must be supplemented with gut feeling, especially if you want to enter unfamiliar and competitive territory. Not only does it help you make quicker decisions, but more exciting, it also helps you see hidden opportunities! Those that require your inspired action, the ones that move you forward.

I have long thought there is no room for this in a commercial environment. You make decisions based on data and reason and, above all, carefully think about them. But in doing so, I ignored that my feelings were there, whether I paid attention or not. That terrible tiredness after a meeting? That irritation? The 'I knew it' moment. Do you recognize that? And in the longer term, you notice that you are not true to yourself. You are making decisions that are not in line with your actual values and needs. You lose yourself. Conclusion: not taking the time and space to validate and experience what you feel sits in the way of unlocking surplus potential.

For feelings to fuel your actions,  you have to learn to respond to intuitive signals. Listen to them by tuning into your heart and body, quieting down your thoughts. One must strengthen this through intentional techniques for slowing down and noticing, focusing on your physical sensational more consciously, and learning to understand the source of your feelings through regular reflection. Learn the difference between your intuition and anxiety or any other overreaction based on your primal survival instinct. You will be connected to your deeper awareness instead of immediate reactions to external stimuli, guiding choices for the future meaningfully.

When creating new ideas from feelings, something transcendent happens, an echo delineating at the edges of your consciousness. You allow your body to speak about things for which there are no words, and you will see how new energy elevates you to new levels.