On cultivating intuition - Catherine Shannon's Newsletter
One of my resolutions for this year was to stop lying to myself. “Think critically and for yourself. Have the courage of your convictions. Call things by their name, as you see them.” That’s what I wrote in my diary in December of last year.
One of my resolutions for this year was to stop lying to myself. “Think critically and for yourself. Have the courage of your convictions. Call things by their name, as you see them.” That’s what I wrote in my diary in December of last year. I used to confuse “rational rumination” with intuition. I used to think a lot—a lot—about other people and their motivations, the many problems of the world, and myself and what kind of person I want to be. I thought I was being productive by thinking through these things with the clinical seriousness of a chemist. The reality is that I was working…
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