Are You A Corporate Mystic

unkokusai.r.ribbon.to - http://unkokusai.r.ribbon.to/access.php; Are You A Corporate Mystic? “If we plant a seed in the ground we know that the sun will shine and the rain will water, and we leave it to the Law to bring results…Well, the desire you image is the seed, Piekarz Francja your occasional closing of the eyes in imagery is the sun, and your constant, though not anxious, expectation is the rain and cultivation necessary to bring absolutely sure results …” Francis Larimer Warner, Our Invisible Supply: Part One (1907) I am certain that if you check the curriculum at Harvard Business School, Wharton or the London School of Economics, you won’t find a course on corporate mysticism.

After all, succeeding in business is a competitive, numbers-driven game that relies on hard facts, financial analysis and exploitation of markets, isn’t it? What a vested interest many of us have in that belief. After all, could we actually succeed in business by employing our intuition, by tapping into a collective consciousness of readily available signs and guideposts to bring our intended result?

Believe it or not, the evidence says yes. Although some of the methodologies and strategies that are taught at Harvard and other revered institutions may be good measurements of how well a company is operating, the overwhelming reason why business decisions are made by the top executives in most organizations is “intuition’ or “gut feelings.” Are you kidding me? Business decisions being made by “feel” rather than cold, hard market data?

Well, it certainly is a growing trend. The evidence is all around us. Most people are familiar with the “odd stories” of Thomas Edison awakening from a nap carrying the solution to a seemingly daunting problem. Or Richard Branson “just happening” to be at the right place at the right time to make the most of a business opportunity. Quite honestly, these seemingly unrelated patterns or sequences are as natural as the sun rising every day. Tapping Into Collective Wisdom So what are today’s keen business owners and entrepreneurs “tapping into” that propels them to one success after another with little or no resistance?

They are tapping into the collective wisdom that is readily available to everyone. In his book, The Wisdom Of Crowds, James Surowiecki points out that this collective wisdom “has endless ramifications for how business people operate, how knowledge is advanced, how economies are organized, and how we live our daily lives.” Simply put, we all have cognitive powers that can be employed (in the very real sense) to assist us in making important business decisions.

After all, how many times have you said to yourself in hindsight, “I just knew it,” or “If I only listened to myself and bought that stock (real estate, etc.)”? The powerful truth is, you already know what to do. Most of us have strong intuitive senses about business decisions, but we tend to override these senses with “rational thinking.