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Trust Your Instincts: English Fluency Practice · SpeakSmart English

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  Speaker 1: You ever had that gut feeling you just couldn't explain,
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  Speaker 1: or maybe a little voice in your head telling you
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  Speaker 1: which way to go. Well, today we're going to dive
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  Speaker 1: right into the language of intuition and break down what
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  Speaker 1: it all really means. You know the one I'm talking about, right.
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  Speaker 1: It's that sudden, powerful certainty that you should or maybe
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  Speaker 1: shouldn't do something. It's a feeling that can be so
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  Speaker 1: hard to put into words. But today we're going to
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  Speaker 1: give you those words. So to get us started, let's
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  Speaker 1: listen in on a short conversation that just perfectly captures
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  Speaker 1: this whole experience. Picture this. You're walking down a quiet
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  Speaker 1: path in a forest and the sun's starting to set,
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  Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you stop. It's not something
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  Speaker 1: you saw, it's not something you heard. It's just a feeling,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the kind that makes the hair on your
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  Speaker 1: arms stand up. Your friend, though, is confused. They don't
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  Speaker 1: see anything but trees and there. It is our very
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  Speaker 1: first key phrase. This isn't some logical thought, It's a
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  Speaker 1: physical sensation, a gut feeling. It's this powerful, almost primal
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  Speaker 1: signal that something is off, even when there's absolutely no evidence. Now,
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  Speaker 1: what's so interesting here is how they're trying to find
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  Speaker 1: the right words to describe this. They go from a
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  Speaker 1: gut feeling to instinct, and then even to an inner voice.
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  Speaker 1: They're all connected, for sure, but each one has its
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  Speaker 1: own unique flavor. And then we get to a sixth sense.
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  Speaker 1: This one sounds a little supernatural, doesn't It Like a
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  Speaker 1: perception that goes beyond our normal five senses. It's the
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  Speaker 1: perfect way to describe knowing something without having any idea
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  Speaker 1: how you know it. And just like that, the story
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  Speaker 1: ends with a decision made entirely on that feeling, trusting
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  Speaker 1: instinct over the actual visible path right in front of them.
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  Speaker 1: It's a perfect little example of how much weight we
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  Speaker 1: really give these intuitive signals. So that little story just
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  Speaker 1: handed us four fantastic terms for talking about intuition. Now
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  Speaker 1: let's actually break them down one by one and figure
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  Speaker 1: out how we can use them ourselves. Let's start with
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  Speaker 1: the word that sealed the deal, the one that made
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  Speaker 1: them turn back. Instinct. So what is it really? Okay?
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  Speaker 1: The most important part here is that instinct is natural.
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  Speaker 1: It completely bypasses conscious thought. It's that deep, hardwired knowledge
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  Speaker 1: that tells a bird to fly south for the winter,
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  Speaker 1: or tells you to snatch your hand away from a
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  Speaker 1: hot stove before your brain even registers the pain. You
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  Speaker 1: can see how practical this is, right, We use it
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  Speaker 1: all the time to talk about that immediate sense of
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  Speaker 1: danger or when a situation just feels off. It's kind
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  Speaker 1: of like your brain's ancient alarm system. Okay, next up,
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  Speaker 1: let's talk about where that feeling in our story first started.
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  Speaker 1: A gut feeling. This one is super physical. Have you
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  Speaker 1: ever felt that little not in your stomach when you're nervous,
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  Speaker 1: or that feeling of lightness when you know you've made
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  Speaker 1: the right call. Yep, that's it. That's your body literally
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  Speaker 1: talking to you, giving you intuitive feedback. So we use
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  Speaker 1: this phrase when a decision is really being guided by
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  Speaker 1: that physical sense sation. It's less of a thought and
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  Speaker 1: more of a feeling that comes from deep down in
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  Speaker 1: your core. All right, now, let's talk about the inner voice.
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  Speaker 1: This one is a little more personal, a little quieter.
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  Speaker 1: So unlike a gut feeling, which is a big physical sensation,
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  Speaker 1: the inner voice feels more like quiet guidance, like advice
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  Speaker 1: that's coming from inside your own head. It's that little
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  Speaker 1: whisper that nudges you in one direction or another. We
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  Speaker 1: often talk about listening to our inner voice during those
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  Speaker 1: quiet moments of reflection or when we're facing a tough choice.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of like having your own personal wise advisor
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  Speaker 1: on call twenty four to seven. And finally, let's tackle
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  Speaker 1: the most mysterious one they mentioned, the sixth sense. This
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  Speaker 1: term really gets at the magic of intuition. It's the
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  Speaker 1: idea that we can somehow pick up on information that
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  Speaker 1: isn't available through our normal senses of site, sound, touch, taste,
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  Speaker 1: or smell. This is the one we often use to
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  Speaker 1: describe an almost psychic level of perception, you know, like
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  Speaker 1: knowing a friend is about to call just second before
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  Speaker 1: the phone rings. It's the word we grab when intuition
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  Speaker 1: feels truly totally unexplainable. So back in our story, the
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  Speaker 1: characters kind of used these two terms as if they
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  Speaker 1: were the same thing. But are they really hmm. Let's
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  Speaker 1: put their definitions right next to each other and see
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  Speaker 1: if we can get a clearer picture. And this just
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  Speaker 1: lays it out so clearly. See the difference. Instinct is
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  Speaker 1: a natural, almost biological impulse to act a sixth sense
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  Speaker 1: is a special ability to know or feel something without
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  Speaker 1: any sensory input. So you could say instinct is about doing,
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  Speaker 1: while a sixth sense is more about perceiving. It's a
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  Speaker 1: subtle difference, but a really important one. So what's the
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  Speaker 1: big takeaway from all this? Well, now you have a
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  Speaker 1: fantastic set of tools, a whole new vocabulary to describe
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  Speaker 1: those complex intuitive feelings we all get. Whether it's a natural,
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  Speaker 1: deep seated instinct, a very real physical gut feeling, a
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  Speaker 1: quiet inner voice, or a totally unexplainable sixth sense, you
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  Speaker 1: now have the languae to identify and more importantly, communicate
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  Speaker 1: what you're experiencing. And that really brings us to our
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  Speaker 1: final thought for you to chew on, when was the
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  Speaker 1: last time one of these feelings guided you and what happened?
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  Speaker 1: Understanding this language is really the first step to better
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  Speaker 1: understanding ourselves. So next time you have a gut feeling,
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  Speaker 1: listen to it.