Hi, This is Wayne Brown from Life Back On Track. Welcome to the latest episode.

In this one I want to talk to you about a device that you have at your disposal, which can be a huge benefit to yourself if you're willing to use it, and if you're willing to listen to it and that thing is your gut.

Now, the ancient Greeks used to refer to the gut as the second brain, and the reason they did that is because it also communicates to you, your thoughts. Have you ever had a sense about something and you call it a 'gut feeling'? The reason you do this is because you get the feeling from the gut.

They've done various scientific studies about this now, and they found that the gut is actually a method of receiving information as to whether something is worth pursuing or not. Now I know for myself if I look back on my life, there were times where I had a gut feeling about something where something didn't feel right. I sensed that something wasn't complete or kosher, and I ignored that and went ahead. In the end, it turned out that my gut was right.

So one of the things I do nowadays is if my gut tells me something, or if my wife says to me, "I don't have a good feeling about this" I listen and it invariably turns out that my gut is correct. Now, I learned more about this by reading a book called 'Blink' By a chap by the name of Malcolm Gladwell. Now Malcolm Gladwell wrote this book about this gut feeling and one of the stories that he tells and he tells a few stories in detail.

One of them is about this woman who was an expert on ancient Greek sculptures and that sort of thing. A museum had recently purchased a statue, which was told to them that it was authentic and genuine, and they had had numerous tests done on it and which seemed to confirm that it was authentic. They called this woman in to have a look at it because she was one of the preeminent people who this was her specialty.

This lady took one look at it and within an instant knew that it was a fake and told these people that it was fake. They, of course, were insistent that they had done all the tests and that it was legitimate. She assured them that No, it was fake, and regardless of what tests they wanted to show, she trusted her gut instinct and she went with it

They did more extensive testing, and in the end, it turned out this thing was fake and they paid quite a substantial sum of money for the statue. So there will be times in your life where you will be faced with a situation. You will be faced with an interaction with a person or an opportunity, and your gut will tell you something. There will be a little voice at the back of your head that will say to you, something is not congruent here. Something's not making sense. Something doesn't seem authentic. I don't think you should do it. What I would encourage you to do is to listen to that voice.

That voice is one of those things that can make a big difference in your life. There will be times where you will feel a need to do something because it will please someone, or it's expected of you. If your gut tells you not to, find a way to get out of that situation. In the past, whenever I was faced with a partner or an argument or a situation or an opportunity where I had that gut feeling and I chose to ignore it, as best as I can recall every time my gut was correct.

I do look back on some of those now and they cost me substantially, both financially and mentally and emotionally, where I didn't listen to that gut so I would encourage you, and this is only going to be a very short podcast because basically the entire podcast could have been like 30 seconds long. All I needed to do was say, If you have a gut feeling about something, don't do it. Listen to your gut.

Now, of course, you can dig deeper into that and find out what it is now. Of course, that takes a little more awareness, a little more ability to be able to dig into it, and be honest with yourself about yourself and the other people involved. Sometimes that's a difficult one, is being that really honest with yourself.

I would encourage you to do at least listen to your gut. If you want, feel free to explore deeper. Ask yourself some questions as to where that would be coming from. "What is it about this situation that I'm not comfortable with?" "What is it about this person that is causing me unease?" Ask yourself some questions like that, because that will enable you to become even more aware of it down the track.

So that was today's episode, nice and short. Very brief. I try to keep them brief, not as brief as this one. Usually, however, it was very simple, this one.

Anyway, have a good one. I'm glad you're listening in. I'm slowly building up listeners around the world, which is really cool. I do have provisions in the notes for the show where you can click a link and you can send me a little audio message where you can give me some feedback. You can ask me a question. Give me some sort of response just to know that you're out there and you're listening. That would be really cool. Anyway, that's it for today.

Look after yourselves. Have a great one. And remember, here's to a good life

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