Should you trust your gut? | Alex Curmi | TEDxLondonBusinessSchool

Decision Making & Intuition - The modern world presents overwhelming decisions across various aspects of life [4][5] - There's an increasing belief in "trust your gut culture," with an 85% increase in searches related to gut feeling in the past 10 years [9][10] - Unqualified coaches and conspiracy theorists promote trusting impulses over expertise and deliberation [10][11] - The speaker argues against blindly trusting intuitions due to evolutionary, psychoanalytic, perceptual, and philosophical reasons [14][16][17][19][22] Improving Intuition - Intuitions can be improved through time and hard work, similar to exposure therapy for anxiety [24][25] - Confronting anxieties and insecurities can create room for new possibilities and excitement [25][26] - The biggest mistake is mistaking information for experimentation, overvaluing others' opinions, and undervaluing personal experience [28] - By immersing oneself in new challenges and reflecting on failures, instincts can become sharper [28] - Calibrating intuitions requires testing them against reality to avoid being divorced from it [32] - Trusting your gut is advisable only after teaching yourself what's worth trusting through reality-oriented activities [34]