How Often Should You Follow Your 'Gut Feeling'? | Ep. #1410

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In episode #1410, we talk about gut feelings, our initial reactions to information. Sometimes we take action, and other times we don’t, so today, we’re looking at how to trust these instincts. We learn more about Neil’s instincts, how gut feelings can change over time, and the importance of finding data to back these initial responses up. To learn about this and more, tune in today! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:26] Today’s topic: How often you should go with your gut feeling. [00:30] What your gut feeling is and how to use it to guide you. [00:38] Results from Eric’s Twitter and Facebook surveys about gut feelings. [00:57] Neil’s experience of going with his gut feeling and how it’s changed over time. [02:02] Gut feelings grow and become more aligned with increased experience. [03:07] When starting out, especially, find data that aligns with your gut feelings. [03:34] How to share your gut feeling at a company with a variety of stakeholders. [04:18] That’s it for today! [04:20] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Amazon Memos Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.
0:11.5	Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with your
0:14.2	instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
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0:47.0	to improve your low time.
0:50.4	Welcome to another episode of Marketing School. I'm Eric Sue and I'm Neil Patel.
0:55.0	And today we're going to talk about how often you should go with your gut feeling.
0:59.0	So, you know, your gut feeling is like how you feel initially about something and sometimes you don't take action sometimes you do take action so I actually did a poll on Twitter I said hey how often do you go with your gut feeling and how often are you actually right?
1:11.0	80% of people said they're usually right and then
1:14.4	when I did it on Facebook similar thing people said 80-20 as well. So the
1:18.9	question I guess I have for you Neil we'll pose it to you first maybe you can
1:21.9	share some stories and some
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