Psychology in Life

How Intuitive People Think

Everyday psychology. How many times have you been in a situation where you wish you knew what some person was thinking? Then read on.

How people think

“What’s she thinking?”
“Are they talking about me?”
“I think he likes me! Do you think he notices me?”

These are all common questions and everyone in life asks them. Now I’m going to tell you the secrets of psychology, how to read people’s thoughts! Just kidding. If you really believed that, you need to see a psychiatrist, or go back to school. I’m afraid there is no easy way to figure out what she’s thinking.

Intuition: The natural guessing game

Even though you can’t completely read other people’s thoughts, you can usually guess what the person is thinking. Everyone is born with some degree of intuition. It’s like a sixth sense. Sometimes you just get this strange feeling that tells you what you need to know. How cool is that? We have this natural guessing machine programmed into our bodies.

Sometimes you have to trust this intuition, the gut feeling. Obviously it won’t be correct 100% of the time, but it’s pretty accurate. Now, it’s actually quite hard to trust our intuition. In a sense, you’re taking a random guess based on what you ‘felt was the correct answer’. You and I are both human beings, and human beings are dirty pigs rational. Rational people tend not to take random guesses.

What you have to realise is that the gut feelings that you feel is actually your subconscious making a decision based on the available information. It automatically chooses the best answer (note: best answer, not necessarily the correct one) and tells you.

Obviously there’s an extent to how accurate your intuition is. Use your intuition and try to consolidate the facts, don’t assume everything based on your intuition. Rational thinking should always follow your gut feeling.

Step into his or her shoes

As much as you’d like to think so, you’re not that unique. All human beings think alike. You and I think alike. Sometimes all you have to do is imagine what you would think about if you were in that other person’s shoes. For instance, can you guess what I’m thinking now?

Put yourself in my shoes. I’m sitting in front of my Macbook writing my very first blog. There’s not much I could be thinking about. Now, you should’ve realised that I’m thinking about making a good blog. I know it seems simple, in fact, it is simple!

People think in simple terms. Don’t assume that everyone has complex thinking. Think about their situation and what you would think about in that situation.

Concluding statements

You will never be able to tell what a person is thinking to a 100% degree of accuracy. You can however, make a list of what they could be thinking and choose the best answer. Try it out sometime.

Don’t forget that intuition is a great tool. If you’re thinking too much or not at all, listen to your gut.

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