Tabitha Brown advises choosing obedience (following your gut feeling or inner voice) over sacrifice (forcing an action against your intuition). While you have the grace to choose either path, obedience often leads to a quicker, more blessed outcome, while sacrifice becomes a difficult, roundabout lesson.
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When a decision feels wrong despite looking perfect on paper, that 'tiny inkling in your gut' isn't just a fleeting feeling. For believers, it can be interpreted as the Holy Spirit providing crucial guidance. Learning to trust this internal nudge over external validation leads to better long-term outcomes.
Regrets aren't about specific failures, but about consistently choosing the safe, logical path (the 'big boy/girl') over the intuitive, risk-taking inner voice (the 'little boy/girl'). A life without regret requires letting your inner child 'come out and play' at critical forks in the road.
When a decision is truly aligned, external factors fall into place with ease. Constant struggle and forcing outcomes are signs you're operating from mental obsession or desire, not clear intuitive guidance. Effortless flow is the key indicator.
Tabitha Brown posits a profound spiritual principle: divine blessings are meant for your true self. When you pretend to be someone else, you can't receive what's truly meant for you. Any success achieved while wearing a mask will feel empty because it's for a character you created, not for who you are.
The process of following your intuition is more important than the outcome. It eliminates the anxiety from going against your gut, making even 'wrong' decisions feel right and leading to less regret.
Executive Coach Matt Spielman defines success as a two-step process: first, having the self-awareness to listen to one's inner voice, and second, possessing the courage to act on that insight. This framework separates internal discovery from the external action required to live an authentic life.
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The universe may "test" your commitment to intuition by offering an absurdly large incentive to ignore it. Saying no to a life-changing sum of money that feels wrong is a powerful act of choosing personal freedom over external validation.
When you are anxious about an outcome and try to force it, you energetically delay its arrival. The counter-intuitive strategy is to surrender and trust the process. Loosening your grip allows the desired result to manifest more quickly and easily.
Tabitha Brown differentiates between praying out of habit and praying with true intention. The latter, a heartfelt plea to be healed in exchange for surrendering her will, was the catalyst for her personal and professional breakthrough, showing that the *nature* of the prayer matters more than the act itself.
When faced with a choice, the path of least resistance often aligns with your old, reactive patterns. The path that feels a little scary is more likely to be your intuition guiding you toward growth because it lies outside your established comfort zone. Acting on this scary intuition immediately accelerates personal change.
