Trust your gut

Leaders and founders are faced with challenging decision-making situations. Many of our coaching sessions are on making decisions. I use a simple framework BRAIN to help them think through the problems and alternatives.

B – What are the BENEFITS?
R- What are the RISKS?
A – What are the ALTERNATIVES?
I – What does your INTUITION say?
N – What if we do NOTHING and stay put?

While all aspects are important and we extensively discuss each, one of my personal favourites is INTUITION – What does your intuition say? Like a mother’s instinct which is strong , I have experienced that an Entrepreneur’s instinct is also very strong. I always remind them that if you feel that something is not right, it is not right.

Picture this – As a founder you’re hiring someone but you just don’t vibe with them, they seem like a misfit, a project feels like it is getting off track.

As an entrepreneur, we come across many such situations. It is best to trust your instinct in such situations. In my experience of working closely with founders, I have seen that in more than 95%of cases the intuition has worked right.

So, TRUST YOUR GUT!