Bozoma Saint John Quotes

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

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.

When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble.

I would not advise people to buy a car or house without making a list. You will probably improve your intuitions by making a list and then sleeping on it.

Regardless of the magnitude of the decision, our brains make it hard for us to keep the perspective we need to make good choices.

I'm a wonderful editor. That's what I do best. I know exactly what I want. If I have to decide whether to wear the red dress or the blue dress or what should I have said, I am constantly changing my mind.

Maybe I think too much.

Making decisions quickly isn't for everyone, and I've had my disasters, but overall, it works for me.

I'm bad at rationalisation - very bad.

We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely to involve powerful emotions and strong impulses to action.

Don't believe everything you think - or feel.

Most of the time, I see what I see, I search my feelings, and then I make my decisions based on my gut - and I don't always make the right ones.

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.

In many important contexts, especially those that are complex, new, or unfamiliar, you shouldn’t blink… and you really shouldn’t trust your gut.

It is a poor head that cannot find plausible reason for doing what the heart wants to do.

I've never acted fully impulsively. I think with my mind and my heart.

Sometimes, I'm not sure why I wind up doing some of the things I do.

Without our emotions, we can't make smart decisions.

I still think carefully about what I'm going to say. I use me heart and head technique, in which the heart says, 'get stuck in, Dennis!', and the head says, 'just a minute... ' But I probably don't use this as often as some others.

When you're being asked to think about the meaning of your intuitions before you act on them, maybe along the way you decide your intuitions are destructive or make no sense at all. And then you don't act on them.

I know I should just leave. Just go. Because there's a point where a mistake turns into a big mistake, and I should probably come to my senses before I get there.

When you need to make a decision, don't let your emotions vote.

I've never regretted saying no to anything, or finishing something. When I'm in the middle of doing something I love, I can have a better idea, and I'll go, "Oh God, I can't finish this." Maybe I've got some sort of disorder.