Demonstrate Self-Confidence by Learning How to Identify How You Gather Information

Think about it, how do you gather information? Do you believe everything you see and or hear. Do you religiously watch the evening news and believe every report. You never ask yourself what kind of spin did the new broadcast put on the report to “sensationalize” it., to increase their ratings. We live in the information age, if you need to know anything go online and “google” it. Do you believe everything you read on the internet? In this article I am going to discuss your natural preference for gathering information whether it is Sensing or Intuitive.

Is your natural preference Sensing or Intuitive? Do you know the differences?
Carl Jung Personality Theorist contended, “that there are two distinct ways of perceiving the data that we gather. The Sensing preference absorbs data in a literal, concrete fashion. The Intuitive preference generates abstract possibilities from information that is gathered.” How you take in information or data is based on your preferred method of gathering and absorbing it. Do you trust your five senses (Sensing) or do you rely on your instincts (Intuitive)?”

We all need data or information to base our decisions. You should demonstrate self-confidence by learning how to identify how you gather information. Well, individuals that are sensing have a native preference to process information based on what they: see, hear, touch, smell, and taste. This could be: tasting food, following instruction, and smelling a rose. They typically take data in literally in a concrete fashion. They take things at “face value” no gray areas. Conversely, individuals that are intuitive have a native preference to rely on their instincts when gathering information. These individuals typically do not take everything literally; they generate abstract possibilities from information gathered. They rely heavily on their instinct. Sometimes it is called a “gut feeling” “third eye”, or “a six sense”. Everything is sorted through their own personal value system. They are more abstract; they have the ability to “read between the lines.” They realize what their five senses are telling them but they rely more heavily on what their “gut feeling” is telling them. They trust their intuition without building on a strong and solid foundation of facts.

Consequently, depending on how you gather information and process it, you may want to consider how you are relating it to your current relationships. Are you taking everything that is happening at face value and saying, “it is what is” and not looking at the possibilities of improvement or the potential for change. If you use the sensing method to gather information and process it based strictly on your five senses you could possibly be missing out on some wonderful opportunities. Admittedly, we cannot gather information and process it only on our own personal value system or set of rules – intuitive. Their must be a combination of the two preferences. Thus, as you journey through life you will notice yourself becoming more intuitive in the way you gather information to base your decisions. This is because you will have more experiences to weigh against your five senses

Rely more on your intuition. Life is not always “black or white” there are usually some gray areas. There should be a balance. Sometimes you have to ask why or why not and not be so narrowly focused. This is what I have been told throughout the years, “every shut eye is not sleep; every good bye is not gone; and everything that glitters is not gold.”
I said that to say this do not believe everything you see and half of what you hear. .