Jonathan Haidt Quotes

We are often in society told to make decisions in one of two ways. We're either told "Use your gut, just go with how you feel about it and let that guide you," or we're told to use reason - some very deliberative methodical process of pros and cons and really thinking it through.

I don't really have a more intellectualized approach. After the fact, I can sure talk about stuff a lot - but when I make decisions, I really just follow what sounds good to me.

Sometimes I'll trust my gut more than my head. Logical information might lead me in one direction and my feelings in another. Whereas I would have followed my head ten years ago, now I'm as likely or more likely to go with my gut feeling. It's ironic - you'd think the opposite would be true as you move to the top but it's not.

The organ of perception acts more readily than judgment.

Sometimes you gotta go with your first instinct. You gotta go with your gut. That's kind of how I live my life, you gotta go with your gut.

How many situations can be resolved with less thinking?

I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut.

Everything I do is just really my intuition, and every time I go against my intuition, it's a mistake. Even though I may sit down and analyze and intellectualize something on paper, if I go against my gut feeling, it's wrong.

I act with my gut instincts.

Is instinct in the head or in the heart? Off the field, I follow my good instincts which steer me in the right direction. Sometimes on the field my head leads me astray. That's what I believe.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

Trust your gut.

Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot.

I don't make decisions with my head anymore. If I don't get the go ahead with my gut, I usually back out.

My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.

Most of my choices come about through some kind of intuition or instinct, and if I need to, I'll post-rationalize them, intellectually, afterwards. But generally, they come about just by feeling.

Every choice I've ever made has been dictated by a formless hunch rather than by strict logic.

A buddy of mine is doing a documentary on decisions, and they're not based on a ton of logic. It's mostly how you relate to them emotionally.

I think your first gut feeling is the correct feeling.

I am someone that relies on my gut feeling.

It's kind of an intuitive process. I wish that it were more systematic, but it just isn't.

I strongly believe that many of the best decisions are made on gut instinct.

I'm not a big planner; I decide by intuition.

Sometimes, you really need to trust your gut.

I think, you have to forget about intellect, to a degree. Intuition is very important when you're working with a lens, I believe, for what the lens is doing, too.