"How often do we end up regretting the same thing: not the mistakes we made, but the gut feeling we ignored? In hindsight- senno del poi, as Italians say-we become champions at spotting the obvious: That was the right idea. That was the path. I knew it. But when we're inside the moment, it's maddeningly hard to tell whether we're hearing true intuition ... or just witnessing impulsivity in a convincing disguise."
"From one angle, intuition and impulse can look similar. Both tend to arrive without much verbal packaging. Both can propel us forward. But they don't lead us forward in the same way. Impulsivity can deliver quick relief-and long-term regret. Intuition can lead to difficult outcomes, yes, but it tends to open doors you didn't even know existed. Even when intuition costs you something, it often expands you beyond your old patterns."
"One practical difference is what each one feeds on. Impulsivity is usually tethered to sensation and short-term payoff: the urge to discharge tension, claim immediate comfort, win, punish, prove, escape. It has a "tight" quality-as if your world shrinks down to one urgent point. Intuition often has a quieter, more spacious quality. It doesn't necessarily feel pleasant, but it tends to make your worldview larger. You may not feel instantly gratified-you may feel challenged-but you also feel strangely aligned, as if something"
Intuition derives from Latin intueor, literally meaning "to look within," and appears as an immediate, often wordless, sense of knowing. Impulse derives from Latin impulsus, meaning "to push forward," and feels like a shove urging immediate action. Impulsivity is tied to sensation and short-term payoff, aiming to discharge tension or gain comfort, and often yields quick relief but long-term regret. Intuition has a quieter, more spacious quality, may feel challenging rather than gratifying, and tends to expand perspective and open new possibilities even when outcomes are difficult.
Read at Psychology Today
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