John Hodgman Quotes

The final act of business judgment is intuitive.

I make all my decisions on intuition. But then, I must know why I made that decision. I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.

The success of everything depends on intuition, the capacity of seeing things in a way which afterwards proves to be true, even though it cannot be established at the moment, and of grasping the essential fact, discarding the unessential, even though one can give no account of the principles by which this is done.

There are some conditions where you have to trust your intuition.

Most decisions are seat-of-the-pants judgments. You can create a rationale for anything. In the end, most decisions are based on intuition and faith.

Leaders trust their guts. "Intuition" is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a "soft" notion. Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It's an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.

I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be accurate.

I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's when I see the goal.

The best decisions are taken quickly and well. You can prepare yourself, have all aspects of the game thought through, but the one who shines on the pitch is the one with intuition.

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

How often has Hitler said to me: 'I know that my decision or action is correct. I cannot explain at the moment why, but I feel that it is right and the future will prove it so'.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct.

It pays to trust your instinct.

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.

Intuition is critical in virtually everything you do. But, without relentless preparation and execution, it is meaningless.

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?

Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has come from my gut. Every wrong decision I've made was the result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself

I'm supposed to be a scientific person but I use intuition more than logic in making basic decisions.

Intuition is unconscious accumulated experience informing judgement in real time.

Always trust your gut and your intuition will steer you right, every time.

My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.

If a leader goes with their gut, it should be after listening first to people they trust.