INTUITION: The Science of Trusting Your Gut

The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

Self-improvement, Arts, Books, Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

We all have eureka moments, sudden bursts of certainty that seem to come out of nowhere. What if you could summon that feeling on command? Laura Huang, a business school professor, has been studying that question. She’s found that for the world's most successful people, intuition isn't an accident. It's a skill. A tool they’ve sharpened. Today on the show: the practical steps you can take to turn a random hunch into your most reliable guide. 📕 Grab a copy of You Already Know 📱Sign up for The Next Big Idea Club+ in Apple Podcasts, and you’ll get ad-free listening, bonus episodes, subscriber-only shows, and more. 📩 Want to transform your day in just 10 minutes? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter, and you’ll get daily, bite‑sized insights from the best new nonfiction books — in audio or text — straight from the authors. Join us today!

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Rufus here. Quick question for you. When's the last time you made a big decision,
0:06.7	not with a list of pros and cons, but because you just knew. You felt in your gut that it was
0:13.6	the right call. That feeling is what my friend and colleague, Michael Kovnet, is going to talk about
0:19.4	on the show today with Laura Huang,
0:22.0	an expert on the surprising science of intuition. Yes, it's a science. It's a fantastic conversation
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