{"id":34375,"date":"2017-05-26T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=34375"},"modified":"2017-01-21T20:43:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T04:43:58","slug":"trust-your-gut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/26\/trust-your-gut\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust Your Gut"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kyoto,
Kyoto, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Consult your conscience; rather than popular opinion.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Pubilius Syrus<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We generally give credence to our brains, and our \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rationality\u00e2\u20ac\u009d more than our gut, intuition, and feelings.<\/p>\n

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I honestly feel that our gut is more intelligent than our brain.<\/p>\n

Whenever I have betrayed my gut feeling, I have always regretted it.<\/p>\n

Regret minimization framework<\/h2>\n

One of the best ways to live life is to minimize the amount of regret you have in life. I got this principle from Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon) who said he lives his life as if he were 90 years old, on his deathbed, and wondering what he would regret not<\/em> doing.<\/p>\n

I know personally, there have been times I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve followed my own gut. Other times when I listened to the advice of others.<\/p>\n

More often than not, my gut is more right than the opinion of others. Sometimes my gut is wrong, but I often have less regret following my gut (and having a negative outcome), rather than betraying my gut (and having a positive outcome).<\/p>\n

Nobody knows the answers<\/h2>\n

Nobody knows what the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153right\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153wrong\u00e2\u20ac\u009d thing to do \u00e2\u20ac\u201d until they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve actually done it.<\/p>\n

You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know the right answers, nor does anybody else. But if you live a life true to yourself \u00e2\u20ac\u201d you will be more likely to innovate, to take more risks, and to have a more favorable outcome.<\/p>\n

Experiment<\/h2>\n

As an experiment, only follow your gut for a month. Follow your gut when it comes to shooting photos, choosing your best photos, or when it comes to any life decisions.<\/p>\n

Follow your heart, intuition, and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t betray yourself. Stay true to yourself \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and see whether you will prosper.<\/p>\n

Always,
\nEric<\/p>\n

Learn more: Life Lessons\u00c2\u00a0><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Consult your conscience; rather than popular opinion.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Pubilius Syrus We generally give credence to our brains, and our \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rationality\u00e2\u20ac\u009d more than our gut, intuition, and feelings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-kyoto-0001317.jpg?fit=2000%2C1325&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}