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Praise for Put Your Intuition to Work:

Most people agree that intuition is important to business and life success, but have no idea how to develop it. Even people who access their intuition easily have a difficult time explaining how they do it. Finally, there is a book called Put Your Intuition to Work that clearly teaches how to access your intuition and logically put it to good use. Read it and share it with those you live and work with. Thank you Lynn.

Dr. Marcia Reynolds, President of Covisioning LLC and author of The Discomfort Zone

Lynns newest book is superb! That little voice inside your head talking to you? Lynn understands it! I recommend this book to all my business clients and friends because when you can hear that voice speaking more clearly, great things fall into place!

Jon Schallert, President, The Schallert Group, Inc.

Lynn Robinson is surely on to something. Her advice to tap ones intuition to set success in motion is spot-on. Whats more, the books shared stories both illustrate and inspire readers to use Robinsons smart decision-making method in order to unleash potential and triumph in business and beyond. Put Your Intuition to Work is at once engaging and valuablea bona fide win-win.

Aline Weiller, CEO/Founder, Wordsmith, LLC

The most important skill for anyone who wants to succeed today, is how to listen to their own brilliant instincts. Lynn Robinson has written a practical, powerful guide to help you know what you really know and to succeed like never before. If you are smart and ambitious, you are going to want to get off the cookie cutter track and listen to your genius. This book is a wise and grounded companion to do just that.

Tama Kieves, best-selling author of Inspired & Unstoppable, www.TamaKieves.com

As someone who has often relied on intuition to manage my business, I appreciated Ms. Robinsons honest, candid writingwhich doubled as personal validation for me. Here, Ms. Robinson gives business people permission to put their intuition to work. In addition to delving into success strategies and ways to thrive in the face of change, she provides a trove of actionable steps that lead the reader toward self-trust, which is quite refreshing, given these times when analytics prevail.

Marcelle Soviero, Owner, Brain Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers

HOW TO SUPERCHARGE YOUR
INNER WISDOM TO THINK FAST
AND MAKE GREAT DECISIONS

LYNN A. ROBINSON

Copyright 2016 by Lynn A. Robinson

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Authors Note: Story sources throughout the book come from interviews with clients unless otherwise noted and are used with permission.

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Sometimes an answer appears out of nowhere. Youve been poring endlessly over a marketing plan for your new product, immersing yourself in data. Something doesnt feel right about it, but you dont know what it is. In dismay, you push away from your desk and head out for a breath of fresh air by taking a walk around the block. Suddenly, the solution pops into your head, and a whole new campaign emerges fully formed. You know youve got a winner! Where did it come from?

Youre about to make a big hire, one that will be crucial to the financial success of your business. Human resources has vetted the candidate. The senior staff has interviewed the guy and liked him. He seems like a perfect fit. All is good, right? Then why cant you seem to pick up the phone to offer him the job? Your gut is telling you something is off. When you decide to investigate further, you find out that the candidates legal troubles include financial mismanagement. You count your blessings that you didnt hire him. What was the clue that tipped you off?

Youre bored at your job. Youre not feeling challenged by it any longer. You know its time for a change. You begin to make forays out into the world of potential new work, doing some information interviews, speaking with a recruiter, talking to former colleagues. One morning you get an e-mail suggesting you come in for an interview for a position at a brand-new startup. It sounds promising and right up your alley. After several meetings with the key people, youre offered the job. Thats when doubt sets in. Should you give up your safe job and take this new offer? Your instincts say yes. Your spouse and colleagues are warning you away. Whom and what to trust? How do you decide?

Intuition can be a powerful tool for creative ideas, perceptive insight, and quick thinking. It can help you decide whether to go all in on an opportunity or, conversely, to run in the other direction. Its a skill thats needed in todays business climate, now more than ever. You need it when youre overwhelmed with data, facts, and figures. Or, in the other extreme, its crucial when what youre planning is so new, so leading edge, that theres no real data to peruse. Youre on your own with your own gut instincts.

Our business world has been dominated by left-brain thinkers who have placed high value on facts, data, and analytics. Its not that those traits and skills are no longer needed. Its that theyre no longer sufficient. The capabilities well increasingly need to call on are our right-brain resources: creativity, empathy, joyfulness, quick-thinking, meaning, and personal fulfillment.

Is intuitive right-brain thinking a magical skill that only the gifted few can know or develop? The answer is a resounding no!

Put Your Intuition to Work is filled with techniques, stories, and ideas to help you learn to access and use this powerful inner wisdom that we all possess. This knowledge will allow you to:

Make successful decisions when you dont have all the facts.

Be guided by what you feel, as well as by what you think.

Identify the primary ways that intuition communicates with you.

Grow your trust in using intuition for business success.