Looking back, I can pinpoint the exact moment everything shifted. It was a random Thursday afternoon, raining slightly, and I was staring at two completely different opportunities on my desk. My mind kept running through pros and cons lists, spreadsheets of potential outcomes, other people’s advice. Nothing helped.
Then something strange happened. I closed my laptop, took a deep breath, and just sat quietly for five minutes. And suddenly I knew exactly which path to take – with absolutely zero logical explanation. That decision eventually led to everything we’re doing today.
We’ve spent the last week exploring the incredible power of the sixth sense – that mysterious inner guidance system that Napoleon Hill describes as the creative link between our conscious mind and infinite intelligence. Today, we’re focusing on perhaps the most crucial aspect of this entire process: learning to trust that guidance when it appears.
When Your Inner Voice Whispers, Do You Actually Listen?
Most of us have experienced those gut feelings or random hunches. The problem isn’t that we don’t receive guidance – it’s that we override it constantly.
“This feels right” gets squashed by “but logically…” “I have a strange feeling about this” gets dismissed by “that’s silly, there’s no evidence…” “Something’s telling me to call this person” becomes “they’re probably busy, I’ll do it later.”
Your intuition speaks in whispers, not shouts. And in our noisy, logic-obsessed world, whispers get drowned out fast.
What makes this even trickier is that inner guidance rarely arrives with a complete instruction manual. It’s usually just a feeling, an urge, or a seemingly random thought that pops in from nowhere. It doesn’t explain itself. It doesn’t present supporting evidence.
And yet, the most successful manifestors we know all share one common trait: they’ve learned to honor these whispers, even when they make no logical sense.
Quieting the Logical Mind (Without Shutting It Down Completely)
Let’s get something straight – your analytical mind is amazing. It’s gotten you this far. But if you want to access higher guidance, you need to create some balance.
The logical mind demands evidence before action. Your intuition works the opposite way – it asks for action before evidence. This creates a standoff that many people never resolve.
Sharon and I have developed a simple practice that helps. We call it “The 5-Minute Pause.”
Whenever we’re facing a decision and feeling stuck in logic loops, we:
1. Step away from all devices and distractions 2. Find a quiet spot (even if it’s just our car) 3. Close our eyes and breathe deeply for 1-2 minutes 4. Ask ourselves: “What do I already know about this situation?” 5. Wait for the first answer that bubbles up
The key is not dismissing the first response. Don’t wait for the “right” answer or the “logical” answer – just notice what immediately surfaces.
This isn’t about shutting down your logical mind. It’s about creating a partnership between your reasoning and your intuition.
Those Weird Coincidences Aren’t Actually Coincidences
Ever notice how once you start paying attention to your intuitive hunches, life gets weirdly… synchronistic?
You think about calling someone, and they text you minutes later. You feel drawn to a random book in a store, and it contains exactly the information you need. You take an unusual route home and bump into someone who offers you an opportunity.
These moments aren’t random. They’re feedback – confirmation that you’re in alignment with your inner guidance system.
One of our community members – I’ll call her Mia – started tracking these “coincidences” in a small notebook. Each time she followed a hunch and something unexplainable happened, she wrote it down. After three months, she had pages of evidence that her intuition was actively guiding her toward her goals.
The skeptical mind will always find ways to dismiss these as mere coincidence. That’s its job. But successful manifestors recognize these moments as breadcrumbs on their path.
Trust builds with evidence. Start collecting yours.
How to Tell the Difference Between Fear and Intuition
Okay, this is where people get tripped up the most. Not all inner voices are created equal.
Sometimes what feels like intuition is actually fear in disguise. Sometimes anxiety masquerades as a “bad feeling” about something. How do you tell the difference?
Here’s what we’ve learned through years of practice:
Fear feels frantic, rushed, and desperate. It pushes you to act NOW before something bad happens. It creates a sense of urgency and scarcity.
Intuition feels calm, even when delivering challenging guidance. It doesn’t rush you. It simply presents information – “this is the situation” – without the emotional charge.
Fear is repetitive, playing the same worries on loop. Intuition typically speaks once, clearly, then goes quiet.
Fear focuses on all the terrible things that might happen. Intuition simply points to direction.
The next time you’re unsure about an inner prompting, check how it feels in your body. Fear typically creates tension and contraction. Intuition often brings a sense of expansion, even when it’s guiding you away from something.
Your Most Powerful Manifestation Tool Isn’t What You Think
We spend so much time teaching visualization techniques, affirmations, and action steps. All valuable tools. But honestly? Your most powerful manifestation asset is this inner guidance system.
Why?
Because your conscious mind can only process about 40 bits of information per second, while your nonconscious mind processes approximately 11 million bits per second.
That means when you’re trying to manifest something important, you’re literally working with less than 0.000004% of the available data if you rely solely on conscious reasoning.
Your intuition is the bridge to that vast ocean of information. It connects you to insights, awareness, and possibilities that your logical mind could never access on its own.
I remember speaking with a successful entrepreneur who built a $40 million business. When I asked about his strategic planning process, he laughed and said, “I make most major decisions in the shower. Something just tells me which way to go. Then I have my team build the logical justification afterward.”
This isn’t rare. Many of the most successful people we’ve studied have learned to trust their inner guidance first, then use logic to execute the plan – not the other way around.
Start Trusting Today (Not When You’re “Ready”)
Here’s something we’ve learned from working with thousands of people on manifestation: trust in your intuition grows through use, not through waiting.
You won’t suddenly wake up one day fully trusting your inner guidance. That trust develops gradually, through a series of small experiments.
Start with low-risk situations: – Which route to take home – What to order at a restaurant you’ve never visited – Which book to read next – Who to reach out to today
Follow your hunches on these smaller decisions, and notice what happens. Each positive result builds your confidence for the bigger choices.
And here’s something interesting – even when following your intuition leads to apparent “failures,” you’ll often discover later that these were necessary detours, teaching you exactly what you needed to know for your ultimate success.
Your inner guidance system is already operating whether you pay attention to it or not. It’s been quietly influencing your path, waiting for you to consciously partner with it.
The people who achieve seemingly impossible goals aren’t necessarily smarter or more talented than everyone else. They’ve just learned to access and trust a guidance system that most people ignore.
So here’s our challenge: this week, make one decision purely from intuition. Just one. See what happens. Then do it again next week. And the week after.
Before long, you’ll wonder how you ever navigated life without this extraordinary inner compass.