During high pressure moments of a competition, racing thoughts, critical thoughts or too many thoughts become a distraction. Thinking slows down response time. During those high pressure moments clutch players are not distracted by their own thoughts. Immediate, decisive action requires a quick response.
Intuition is not based upon linear, logical thinking. It is a subconscious process. It's similar to viewing the situation from a bird's eye view instead of a path. The focus is on the outcome, not on the steps to get there. It is a momentary gut feeling instead of a logical choice. Think about it too long and you are likely to talk yourself out of it since it lacks logic.
As an overall review, I find the blog to be very nice. I like how you used the musical free-style example in addition to the sports example and the personal story. This really helps put into perspective some of the different kinds of intuition presented in the list given. The personal story in particular helped provide a personal connection to intuition and thus lets the readers relate more to intuition. The dictionary entry and quote combo furthers the defining of intuition, which again seems to be a great contribution. I also enjoyed how the blog included videos to help vary the format in which the information was presented.
ReplyDeleteIn areas to help improve the blog, I suggest a better layout. The white background with the blog archive on the side is rather dull and does not catch my attention. There were also a handful of grammatical errors that could have been fixed, particularly in the personal story.
I found the blog to be nice in the sense that you all used personal examples and the like. This format is simple, and it allows information to be transmitted quite easily, so maybe add some more posts? The personal examples and denotations are nice; however, it would certainly help if you maybe used some connotations- as in personal stories of what intuition means and how it can help in various aspects of life- as in everyday examples. As in: what distinguishes intuition from common sense? What makes a person more inclined to "know" something more than another" Can intuition be learned? If so, to what extent is it genetic and to what extent would it be learned?
ReplyDeleteI feel like it would be helpful for the blog, and that adding more experiences would add to the depth of the blog. Some other views would contrast nicely with personal experiences and beliefs. Scientific evidence for and against intuition would be great.
The spectrum for intuition seems quite large though, and to me, it seems like maybe it would help that you all would use more personal examples and try to spell check and grammar check- some words were missing and here and there, it was rather confusing. In a way, I appreciated the simplicity of the background, but at the same time, it wasn't attention getting.
Regardless, it was a nice blog and interesting read.