I say emphatically, “yes, trust your gut.” I have shared that sentiment many times with managers when I was a personnel generalist. That is a lesson I learned, at times, the hard way.

There are many scenarios in which this applies, but it was most obvious in my work when I was hiring employees. We wanted to hire the best possible employee for each position. This meant finding the person with the appropriate skills to do the job, but also whose personal career goals could be met by working in this job. It is critical that the person be the best fit for the job and the work group.

There were times that we weren’t completely convinced we were hiring the best person, but couldn’t really explain why, so we hired them. Later we found out why and had to deal with the situation. On the other hand, we experienced times when we did not hire a person because of that uncertainty and later found out that we had clearly “dodged an employee relations bullet.” Those experiences taught me to trust my gut and to encourage other managers to do the same.

While I can’t say that trusting our personal intuition always results in the best case scenario, I feel that it does more often than not. I would like to note, as well, that I firmly believe that the gut feeling, intuition, or whatever you choose to call it, is influenced by God in His all-knowing awareness. When we regularly seek for God’s guidance in all we do, we can trust the direction.

What action of trust do you need to take in order to live . . . your life to the fullest?