英语名篇诵读 直觉的价值

The Value of Intuition

直觉的价值

Laura Silva Guesada(劳拉·席尔瓦·格萨达)

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be so successful in life? Everything flows

just right for them. Whatever they touch turns to gold. They are the lucky ones. They are the ones

with the great job, great salary, perfect love, and ideal life. You may have found yourself thinking,

“Why them, and not me?”

One reason for success is the ability to make correct choices, and decisions. Successful

people do that consistently. They make the kind of choices and decisions that lead to positive

outcomes. It is based on information that goes far beyond what is learned and involves accessing

注 accurate information from seemingly nowhere. This ability is intuition and highly successful

people enjoy a higher degree of intuition than the average person. Where most people base their

decision making only on their accumulated knowledge, successful people combine all they have

learned together with what they sense with their intuition. Their ability to gather information is

way ahead of the rest.

Everybody is intuitive , but not everybody trusts their intuition when it comes to making

decisions. Most people don't even believe they have intuition, so, it doesn't even cross their minds

to use it for problem solving. Others believe they have it, have had experiences with it, but never

knew it could be a valuable tool for problem solving.

Intuition is actually a skill that can be developed and applied¹ effectively for improving all

areas of life. It is not a “gift” that only a few have. This is a misunderstanding since everyone has

some degree of intuition. Those who are really successful use it all the time since it gives them an

edge over the rest of the world they work with, compete with, and live with.

Your intuition has probably been a guiding force for you all of your life by having provided

you with information that helped you reach positive outcomes.

This type of information tends to come from hunches² , inspirational thoughts, dreams,

or visions. It can, coincidentally , come from others, or from your inner voice. Often, it is an

overwhelming feeling deep in the pit of your stomach, your gut³ , or your heart. No matter

how the information comes to you, when applied, the outcome is usually positive, since it usually

helps you to move forward faster, helps you solve a problem or keeps you from making a mistake.

Intuition is like reading. It is a skill that can be developed through time. No one is born

knowing how to read; yet almost everyone has the potential of learning how to read. When very

young, we were taught the letters of the alphabet , and then the sounds those letters represented.

As time went by, the more we read the more skillful we became at reading. With intuition, the

more you understand, and use your intuition, the stronger it becomes. Some people seem to have

more intuition than others. It's probably because they had positive experiences with it as they were

growing up, and are now more comfortable with using it.

Having a keen sense of intuition is desirable in every area of your life.

你是否曾想知道为什么有些人生活中那么成功？他们事事一帆风顺，样样点石成金。

他们是幸运儿。他们干大事，享有丰厚的薪酬，爱情美满，过着理想的生活。你也许会发

现自己在想：“为什么是他们，而不是我？”

成功的原因之一是做出正确选择和决定的能力。成功人士一贯如此。他们所做的选择

和决定带来积极的结果。这是基于远远超越知识的信息之上的，涉及从看似乌有之中获取

精确的信息。这种能力就是直觉，有大成就者具有比一般人更高程度的直觉。大多数人只

是根据他们所积累的知识做决定，而成功人士则把所学和直觉所感结合起来做决定。他们

收集信息的能力远超别人。

直觉每个人都有，但并不是每个人在做决定时都相信直觉。大多数人甚至不相信他们

有直觉，所以，他们根本想不到运用直觉解决问题。别的人相信自己有直觉，有过直觉的

亲身体验，但从不知道直觉是解决问题时一件珍贵的工具。

直觉实际上是一种可以开发利用的技能，可以有效地运用于改善生活的所有领域。它

不是少数人才有的“天赋”。这是一种误解，因为每个人都有某种程度的直觉。那些真正的

成功人士始终都在运用直觉，因为直觉使他们比与他们共事、竞争、生活的人更胜一筹。

你的直觉也许一直在为你的生活提供一种导向力，为你提供助你获得积极结果的信

息。

这种信息往往来自于预感、灵感思维、梦想或想象。它也可能同时来自他人，或来自

你内心发出的声音。直觉常常是藏在心灵深处的一种无法控制的感觉。不论直觉的信息怎

么来的，一经使用，其结果通常总是积极的，因为它通常助你行动更快，帮你解决一个问

题或使你免犯错误。

直觉就像阅读，是一种可以通过时间来培养的技能。没有人生来就知道怎样阅读；然

而几乎每个人都有学会阅读的潜能。

很小的时候，我们学会了字母表里的字母，而后又学会了这些字母的发音。随着时间

的推移，我们读得越多，我们的阅读技能就越娴熟。直觉也一样，你理解得越多，运用直

觉越多，直觉就越强烈。有些人的直觉似乎比别人多。这或许是因为在他们成长的过程中

有对直觉的积极体验，现在运用直觉更是得心应手。

在生活的每个领域保持敏锐的直觉都是有好处的。

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

2 hunches   

预感，直觉( hunch的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle. 一位技术军士在一间小屋里弯腰坐着。
• We often test our hunches on each other. 我们经常互相检验我们的第六感觉。

3 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。