Last Friday night, I jolted awake at 3:17 am with an overwhelming urge to call my sister. Not a normal time to wake up, definitely not a normal time to make calls. But something felt… urgent. I resisted for twenty minutes, then finally gave in. She answered on the first ring – turned out she was in the emergency room with her son who had a severe allergic reaction. She needed someone to bring her spare keys and medications from home.
That wasn’t a coincidence. Or luck. That was the sixth sense in action.
We’ve all experienced those moments – the phone rings and we already know who it is, we think about someone seconds before they text, or we get a gut feeling about a situation that later proves accurate. These aren’t random coincidences. They’re glimpses into one of our most powerful yet underutilized tools – our intuitive sixth sense.
Through our journey studying Napoleon Hill and other thought leaders, we’ve discovered something fascinating about the sixth sense – it’s not mystical or available only to special people. It’s a natural faculty we all possess, one that can be developed, strengthened, and harnessed deliberately.
What’s Really Going On With Your Sixth Sense?
Let’s clear something up right away – the sixth sense isn’t magic or supernatural in the way movies portray it. When we talk about how the sixth sense works, we’re talking about your mind’s ability to perceive beyond the limits of your five physical senses.
The sixth sense operates in that space where your conscious and subconscious mind meet. Your subconscious is constantly gathering and processing millions of data points that your conscious mind filters out. Small changes in someone’s tone of voice, subtle patterns in events, tiny details you noticed but didn’t register consciously.
Think about it – have you ever met someone and immediately felt uncomfortable despite them being perfectly pleasant? Or walked into a room and sensed tension nobody was openly acknowledging?
That’s your sixth sense processing information beyond what your eyes and ears are telling you. Your body often knows things before your conscious mind does. Scientists now call this “embodied cognition” – the idea that your entire system, not just your brain, processes information and responds to it.
This is why intuitive hunches often manifest as physical sensations – that knot in your stomach, the hair standing up on your arms, or a sudden feeling of lightness when making a decision that’s aligned with your true path.
Tuning Into Your Internal Radio Station
Your sixth sense is always broadcasting. Most people just aren’t listening. Or they’ve got the volume turned way down.
I spent years ignoring my intuitive hits because they weren’t “logical” enough. Big mistake. Logic is an amazing tool, but it’s limited by what we already know. The sixth sense can access information we don’t consciously know we have.
To start tuning in better:
Practice quiet. Not necessarily meditation (though that helps enormously), but moments where you’re not drowning in noise, screens, and distractions. Even 5 minutes in the morning before checking your phone can make a huge difference.
Pay attention to physical sensations that come with thoughts or decisions. Does your chest tighten when thinking about that new opportunity? Does your breathing change when considering a particular choice? These bodily responses are often your sixth sense communicating.
Keep an intuition journal. When you get a hunch about something, write it down before you know the outcome. Then track what happens. This builds your confidence in your sixth sense and helps you distinguish between true intuition and random thoughts or fears.
The more you acknowledge and act on your intuitive impressions, the stronger and clearer they become – exactly like exercising a muscle.
Sometimes Your Sixth Sense Sounds Like a Madman (Listen Anyway)
The sixth sense can sound pretty strange sometimes. Inspiration to take a different route home. A sudden urge to call someone. A random idea that seems to come from nowhere.
For two years I had this nagging feeling I should learn Spanish. Made zero sense for my life at the time. Completely random. I finally gave in and started classes. Three months later, an unexpected opportunity came up that required – you guessed it – Spanish language skills. That opportunity changed the entire trajectory of my career.
When your sixth sense speaks, it rarely comes with a detailed explanation of why. It’s more like a quiet, persistent nudge.
The thing about how the sixth sense works is that it’s often communicating from a vantage point that sees more than your conscious mind. It’s like having a friend standing on a hill while you’re in a valley – they can see dangers or opportunities coming that aren’t visible from your position.
That’s why sixth sense guidance sometimes seems irrational in the moment but proves brilliant in retrospect. It’s operating with a more complete picture.
Your Sixth Sense + Action = Transformation
Knowing how to access your sixth sense is only half the equation. The real transformation happens when you combine intuitive guidance with decisive action.
Every major success story we’ve studied involved someone following a hunch, an inner knowing, a gut feeling – often against conventional wisdom. From business innovations to scientific breakthroughs, the sixth sense plays a critical role in human achievement.
Look at what happened with Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx. She had this persistent idea for footless pantyhose despite having no experience in fashion or manufacturing. Every logical analysis would have told her to drop it. But her sixth sense kept pushing. She followed that guidance, took action on it, and built a billion-dollar company.
Or consider Thomas Edison, who tried thousands of materials before finding the right filament for the light bulb. What kept him going in a specific direction when all evidence suggested failure? His intuitive sixth sense that he was on the right track.
Here’s the formula we’ve found works:
1. Cultivate stillness to hear your intuition 2. Acknowledge the guidance when it comes 3. Take immediate action on what you receive 4. Notice the results and adjust
Sometimes the action is tiny – making a phone call, reading a certain book, or having a conversation with someone. Other times it’s bigger – changing careers, moving to a new city, or investing significant resources into a project.
The size of the action isn’t what matters. What matters is honoring the guidance by doing something with it.
Will You Listen When It Whispers?
The most common regret we hear from people? “I knew I should have done that. Something inside told me.”
Here’s what nobody tells you about how the sixth sense works – it’s incredibly patient, but it doesn’t force itself on you. It whispers. It nudges. It suggests. But ultimately, you decide whether to listen and act.
Your sixth sense is your direct line to what Napoleon Hill called Infinite Intelligence – that greater wisdom that orchestrates opportunities and connections in ways our logical minds could never conceive.
It’s the source of those “coincidences” that aren’t really coincidences. The perfect timing. The right person appearing in your life at exactly the right moment. The solution that seems to materialize out of nowhere.
But these things don’t just happen randomly. They happen when you’re in alignment with your higher purpose, listening to your sixth sense, and taking inspired action.
We’ve seen this play out in our own lives and in the lives of thousands we’ve worked with over the years. The more you trust and act on your intuitive guidance, the more your life fills with those “magical” moments of synchronicity and opportunity.
Your sixth sense is waiting for you to use it more fully. It’s already working in the background of your consciousness. The question is: are you ready to bring it forward and let it transform your life?
Start today. Get quiet. Listen. And when that inner voice speaks – especially if what it says surprises you – pay attention. That might just be the guidance that changes everything.