Book Prelude..!!
Title: Intuition at Work
[Using Your Gut Feelings to Get Ahead]
Author: Jessica Pryce-Jones
Pages: 216
Genre: Non-Fiction [Self-Help]
Publication date: 26 Jul 2024
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
About the Author..!!
Jessica Pryce-Jones is the author of INTUITION AT WORK: Using Your Gut Feelings To Get Ahead. Jones started her career in finance, where she learned about numbers, strategy, and leadership. After ten years in the corporate world, she completed a psychology degree – she wanted to understand why some of her bosses were brilliant and others were dismal. Those insights launched a new career facilitating, coaching, designing interventions, and writing. Clients include multinationals in healthcare, professional services, FMCG, banking, creative, education, manufacturing, publishing, and engineering industries, as well as the public and not-for-profit sectors.
Pryce-Jones has also worked as adjunct faculty in leadership development at many business schools, including Cambridge Judge, Cass, Cornell, Chicago Booth, Cranfield, London Business School, and Saïd (Oxford); she is a Fellow of Harvard’s Institute of Coaching. She has written two previous books, Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success and Running Great Meetings & Workshops for Dummies. Pryce-Jones divides her time between France and the UK, but works all over the world.
Book Description..!!
Do you want speedier decisions? Better outcomes? And avoid costly mistakes?
Your gut can help you. In fact, intuition is an essential tool that all leaders use to get to the top.
If you’ve ever made a choice that looked illogical but proved to be right or had a sixth sense about something, your intuition was at work. Those hunches play a critical role in everything from deciding which job to take, who to hire, and what to focus on. Which means that summoning intuition on demand and listening to what it’s telling you are vital at a time of radical change and instability.
This ground-breaking book draws on the latest science, eye-opening anecdotes from senior leaders, and the author’s own insights gained over 25 years of coaching. It will show you that intuition is a practical, learnable, and immediately applicable skill that will accelerate your career.
To Start…!!
“Intuition at Work” is a workplace guide to effectively utilizing intuition. This beautifully crafted book enlightens readers and helps readers tap into the superpowers within themselves. It reminded me of a famous quote by Albert Einstein, where he says, “The only really valuable thing is intuition.” This quote emphasizes the importance of developing intuition to enhance deeper consciousness and free oneself from mental clutter and overthinking.
Book précis…!!!
Through this book, Jessica offers profound insights into understanding and harnessing intuition, while also building trust in it through her dip-and-flip approach. For me, this is the first of its kind, where the author herself encourages readers to skip sections that may not be relevant to them based on the headings. Breaking away from the traditional use of fact tables, illustrations, and statistics, this book is designed to help readers think, decide, and act by trusting their gut, intuition, and perceptivity..
Inquisitive Emphasis..!!
As this book is more work-centric and AI-driven, the author focuses her writing on intuition of career growth, process reliability, problem-solving methodologies, strategic decision-making, leadership mindset, productivity maximization, and time and energy savings, among other topics. A key highlight of the book is the inclusion of insights from global leaders and Chief Executive Officers, alongside the author’s own viewpoints. This combination clearly reflects the significant effort and research invested in creating and presenting this work, aimed at helping readers unlock the full potential of their intuition.
Book Prelude..!!
Spread across seven parts, Jessica thoroughly explores different types of intuition and their relevance in the workplace, effectively connecting them with real-world use cases from distinguished global leaders. Each chapter includes an in-depth exploration of conceptual insights on intuition, followed by a case study and a detailed conclusion. It also features a summary, key takeaways, relatable to-do exercises, and recommended references to read, listen to, and watch.
Contd…!!!
While the seven chapters are quite interpretative and explanatory, I am sharing my self-centric takeaways so readers of my review can decide whether to pick this book as their next read. I will be careful not to reveal spoilers that might diminish interest. This is my personal perspective on the chapters presented.
- Chapter One: Covers the fundamentals of intuition and its various forms, along with ways to experience it.
- Chapter Two: Focuses on developing a self-intuitive process, setting an intent to build trust, and mastering it.
- Chapter Three: Dedicated to building intuitive skill sets and offers tips to enrich intuitive thinking for adding value.
- Chapter Four: Explores making meaningful coincidences, synchronicity, and serendipity to enhance the intuitive mind’s effectiveness.
- Chapter Five: Extends the intuitive skill set and harnesses a toolkit to catalyze accuracy and trust.
- Chapter Six: Discusses intuitive leadership applicability, leveraging intuition to invite change and transform decision-making ability.
- Chapter Seven: Examines the role of consciousness in intuitive decision-making, along with various positions and possibilities.
My Takeaway..!!!
For me, these in-depth chapter analyses serve as true pathfinders to tap into the power and strength of intuition. Jessica is highly successful in providing well-researched insights surrounding intuition, and her guidance in building intuitive trust is truly commendable. I am confident that with these learnings, I can now make complex decisions and handle difficult situations with ease and confidence.
As mentioned, the insights from CEOs throughout the book are thought-provoking and align well with Jessica’s perspective, capturing the essence of intuition. The greatest achievement of this book lies in its content composition and writing style; full marks to the author for keeping this work crisp, simple, and streamlined.
Author Accolades..!!!
Though the concept of intuition isn’t new to many of us, Jessica’s deep dive into its relatability and the building of trust in intuition is highly appreciable. I never knew that the concept of the sixth sense has the power to bring radical change and accelerate careers, which was clearly evident from the insights the author gained from her 25 years of coaching.
Pro Tip..!!
While the core of the book focuses on the intuitional mindset, in the final pages Jessica provides readers with a curated “Toolkit” to tackle the ten top blocks, along with intuitive exercises. This customized toolkit is a valuable gift for readers addressing intuitive challenges. Whenever readers encounter roadblocks in their work, they can compare their situation with these ten scenarios and find suitable solutions to overcome them. In fact, in several cases, these responses helped me make wiser decisions and overcome unwarranted chaos.
End Note..!!!
Overall, Jessica’s “Intuition at Work” is a tailored guide for those who wish to tap into the energy of intuition and build the trust that can truly work wonders and invite transformation in their workplace cultures. Not to miss, the adorable book cover with its splash of multicolours represents the deeper emotions we carry and the artistic blend this book offers to help shape gut feelings that can guide us toward the gateway called success. The superfine paper quality adds to the book, providing a congenial reading experience.
I personally recommend this to my reader friends, regardless of their preferred genre, as this book has something valuable to offer every reader.
Quote(s)..!!
- Energy is a precious resource that you only have so much of, so you want to use it wisely.
- Intentions catalyse everything, so think about what you want and why you want it.
- Foresight is a lot cheaper than hindsight.
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