The Intuition Nudge

Practicing gratitude can and will change your life. Gratitude is the quality of being thankful readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. And the benefits of simply being thankful are nearly endless. Those who take the time to notice and reflect upon things they are thankful for experience powerful, positive emotions, they feel more alive and energetic, they're more compassionate and kind, they sleep better, and they develop stronger immune systems. And the best part is, it's not just gratitude for those big things in your life. But also and especially for those little things. Taking the time to notice and be grateful for things throughout your day will increase your well being and satisfaction throughout your entire life. And it's why I wrote my 30 days of gratitude journal. You can grab your copy on Amazon now The link is in the show notes. And listen, makes a really great gift for those you are celebrating Thanksgiving with or wrapping up your Christmas presents for. I'll see you inside the 30 days of gratitude journal.

Welcome back to coffee and tea with Gary Vee. Today you have me. And we're going to talk about intuition nudges a year of Yes. I decided that the year 2020 was going to be my year of Yes. Now of course, this was before I knew that the world was going to shut down. But I decided that 2020 was going to be my year of Yes. When an opportunity came my way. And I knew it was the right opportunity. I was going to say yes. Even if it didn't make sense. Even if I was scared to take that step, even if that investment made my stomach hurt. If I knew it was the right thing. It was Yes. No second guessing. No talking myself out of it. Because you know, that's what we do. That is what we do. We know that it's the right opportunity. We know it, but we can talk ourselves out of it so easily we can find every excuse in the book, why we shouldn't do it. My year of yes has resulted in me saying yes to things that seemed so out of order for the way that we are taught to grow a business that it makes sense to grow a business.

So some of the things many of the things, let's say all of the things this year that I was saying yes to really didn't make sense. But I knew they were the right thing. I claimed this as my year of Yes. And it has been so amazing that I'm claiming 2021 is my year of Yes, as well. And I hope that you will join me in this. I learned to follow the nudge, the nudges, intuition. intuition. Is that feeling in your gut, when you instinctively know something that you're doing is yes or no.

It is instinct. And you know, you get this feeling in your gut, almost like butterflies, or almost almost like a dread. So if I knew that this this opportunity that that was presenting itself to me was a yes. That intuition that nudge would be those butterflies, that excitement that bubbles up whether or not it's accompanied by a little bit of fear, or this really doesn't make sense, you know, it's the right thing.

But that and the other intuition is that dread that, that feeling of Ah, no, no, this isn't it. And I've had both

it's the moment when you sense kindness or fear in someone else's space. You don't know why you feel the way you feel. It's just a hunch.

It's just a hunch. It's not a scientific thing. But maybe it is. Maybe there is a scientific reason behind it. I'm open, if somebody wants to send me information on that, I'll read anything to learn. I don't know if there is a scientific thing behind it or not. But I know that it is that feeling. And you can sense it. The thing is that we spend so much time talking ourselves out of things, because we don't want to feel the knowledge. We don't want to feel it because it's scary. If your intuition is that you should write a book, but you don't know why it would make sense to write a book.

But you know that you should write a book, or you know that you're you know, that your intuition is saying, yes, you need to let's not even use the word should you need to write this book.

Stop wasting energy fighting the nudge, you know, that you're that you are destined, created, let's do that you are created to write this book? Why are you spending so much time arguing with yourself, you've got the nudge, you know, you're supposed to or, you know, you're created to, or, you know, you are destined to, to

invest in a coach, invest in someone to help you on your journey, but you keep fighting it because it doesn't make sense. It doesn't have to make sense. You know, when your intuition is telling you to do something, you know, when that nudge is so strong, that it is almost impossible to say no to, but you're going to spend so much time and energy fighting that knowledge and fighting your intuition, because it doesn't make sense. It is okay that it doesn't make sense. It's okay.

Often when I am coaching someone when I'm working with them, and they will share a dream, and will and and I said let's do it. And their first thing is, but I don't know how you don't know how.

That's the point of the nudge, the nudges you saying? Yes. And here's the beauty. And here's the magic. And here's the wonderfulness of it, when you say yes to that nudge. And you say yes to that intuition that, you know, this is the thing you're supposed to do invest in yourself, write the book, start the CBD line, start a group coaching, start, whatever it is that that nudge is, maybe it's to move across the country, maybe it is to welcome someone into your home, whatever that nudge is, when you say yes to it, and you don't really know the steps to actually get there.

Your brain will help you on the journey.

But it can't help you on a journey that you resist. If you get the nudge, let's go back to the book example. If you get the nudge to write a book, and you say, No, you had the intuition you had that nudge. But you're spending all this time saying no, or arguing why it can't work. Because how could it work? I don't even know how to publish a book. I don't know, I don't know who to work with. I don't know where to start. I don't know what to name my chapters. And you spend all this energy, saying no, you're saying no to the nudge, don't say no to the nudge. But you're you're you're spending all this energy saying no to the nudge, your brain can't go any further because you're not listening. It's desperately trying to say, do it. See the body keeps the score, there's a great book out there called the body keeps the score. Got to read that book. It's excellent. Alright, so. So then the nudges telling you write the book, you are ignoring it arguing against it, your brain can't go any further, what happens when you say, I'm going to write a book,

I'm going to tell my story, I have this amazing idea. I'm going to write this book. Now your brain is free to go forward and lead you on the steps. Now you're going to you're going to say to somebody, I really want to write a book, and they're going, they're gonna say, I know someone who helps with that.

Then you get in touch with that person. And you say, but I don't even know how to publish. Don't worry about that. I take care of that. That's what they're gonna say. Because you said yes. Now your brain can take you on this steps forward. And the reason that I say this with the book is because I wanted so much to publish a gratitude journal. I had no idea how to do it. But I put it out there. I took the steps. I took the steps. And now there it is available on Amazon. And another one is in the works. I didn't know who to talk to. But I talked to someone and he mentioned that he was writing a book I said, Oh, how did you get started and he said, I have a great name for you. That's all it took. verbalize it. Say yes to the nudge, verbalize it, and the steps will come to you. I promise you they will. The right coach will come in your path the right course will come in your path. The right mastermind will come in your path there.

People will come in your path, but you can't have them in your path. If you keep saying no to the nudge, you've got to say, yes, make this start now, don't even wait till January 21. Right now, from now until December 31, of 2021. This is our year of Yes, this is the year that we listen to the nudges and we don't fight them. We listen to our intuition. We know that excited feeling or we know when we're not supposed to do something, or it's not the right time, your body will clearly tell you if, if you will take the time to listen, if you will sit in the silence. And listen, because as we learned earlier this week from Jen Gottlieb, sometimes the nudge is to rest. And sometimes the nudge is to take the next step. But if you're not listening to yourself, if you're not listening to those feelings, if you're not listening to that intuition,

you're not going to move forward. In fact, you might go backwards. me not listening to my intuition. Two times ended up in broken wrists twice, you think I want to learn the first time

your body will tell you, your body will tell you

what you have to be willing to listen, and then respond. And if that nudge is telling you to go for it, stop, stop, please stop wasting time

arguing and, and thinking of reasons why you can't. The nudges there.

You can't move forward until you say yes, to the nudge.

If the nudge is telling you to move forward, take that step. It will all fall into place. I promise you. I didn't have a clue how to publish a book.

I knew what was in my heart. And when I finally said yes, the steps were all there.

And once I said yes, really said yes to the nudge, it happened quite quickly.

Your ideas matter, you matter. Make this make this, what do we have 13 months, 13 months for your hear of Yes, your year of listening to the nudges and and going with it even when it doesn't make sense. This is your year to shine. Come with me on this journey. We're on so many journeys right now. But we're gonna do all of this together. Because that's what we do. We rise up stronger together.

We call through this together.

Take the steps. Listen to the nudge. Listen to the nudges. It's your intuition. And it's a real thing. I'm sure there's some science to back it up probably.

But you can't move forward if you don't listen, and you can't listen, if you're never silent.

Journal it out. Here's your journal prompt for today. If I could do anything, anything in the world, I would do fill in the blank.

That's what you need to be listening to the nudges for. That desire isn't there by accident, that desire is put there by your Creator. You were destined and created for great things. We were not created for mediocrity. And when we refuse to listen to the intention nudge when we refuse to listen, or we argue it.

We are settling for mediocre.

We weren't born to be mediocre. We were born to be amazing.

So who's with me? If you could do anything it would be tag me let me know. What is that thing you are going to go after now? Because you understand.

I listened to the nudges I follow my intuition. greatness follows. You weren't born to be mediocre. You are amazing. I love you. I am your biggest fan. Now let's get this done.