Simple Tricks for Better Decision-Making
“Soul is the feeling that is always telling us in the very purest form what we need to be doing.” -Abhishek Sharma
How do you identify your purpose in life? Today, I want to share with you one thing that helped me make better life decisions- connecting with my soul.
There are many beliefs about the soul, but one thing is clear: it can tell you what you should be doing louder and better than your mind or heart or gut can. Listen in as I reveal one simple trick to connect with your soul!
There are many ideas about the soul. What do you think? Let us know your definition of soul in the comment box below!
Highlights:
02:09 What Do You Think About?
04:42 What Is Soul?
06:42 Soul Connections
Quotes:
“Soul is the feeling that is always telling us in the very purest form what we need to be doing.” -Abhishek Sharma
Connect with Abhishek Sharma:
Abhishek shares his own life stories and extracting the mental models which informed his critical decisions. He is a business executive who is passionate about yoga and self-development. Abhishek received his MBA from UC-Berkeley and performs private and public speaking engagements.
TRANSCRIPTION:
Abhishek Sharma: Hi there, this is Abhishek from shakethecosmos.com. I'm really excited that you're listening today, and I'm really excited about the topic that I'm going to talk about. It's about making better decisions in business and in life. And for me, I've found some tricks to it and I want to share those with you. And if you're listening right now, hit that subscribe button or follow button and give me some ratings. You know, if you see those stars in iTunes or Spotify, give it a five star and they'll help me out in the organic search results. So thank you so much for listening.
I'm really excited about today's episode. I want to share with you some techniques that will help you make better decisions in your life and your business. And for me, it has already helped me. So what is the little trick? Well, I was talking to my therapist the other day. Generally, the way he would talk is, well, and I share with him, hey, I'm trying to make this particular decision. And he's like, well, what does your mind say about it? And then I share with him what my mind says then he says: "What does your heart say about it?" And then we know heart. And then he's like, well, what does your gut say about it? So generally, people, when they're making these decisions, we have these little frameworks where we think about, well, what is my mind saying? What is my heart saying? And then we, or we think about what my guts say? So these are all sort of things that we think about. And these are the three things usually people think about. Well, I want to share with you something that's even beyond that. For me, I have started asking, what is my soul saying?
I mean, S-O-U-L, soul. For me, when I asked that question, he was crazy. Like the answer was very pure, very easy. And what I felt was, for me, it came out. My soul wanted to spread love and give back. And it was as simple as those four words. As simple as that. So don't you want to know what you really, really should be doing? So why don't you ask your soul? And have you asked yourself what you need? Have you asked your soul? What makes it smile? And this whole soul thing is kind of interesting, right? So I'm in UAE, United Arab Emirates, and I'm meeting so many people, and sometimes we talk about soul. So I was having a discussion with a couple people in the house about soul, and I thought that was interesting because one of the things I had always thought about was soul is inside my body. And somebody else said, well, the soul could just be outside the body as well. So what is your definition of a soul? How do you think about a soul? At the same time after having so many of these discussions about soul, what I realized, soul is the feeling that is always telling us in the very purest form, what we need to be doing? So imagine that there is already a direction, and map, secret that's already telling you what you need to be doing. Isn't that kind of amazing? And the best part is it's already inside of us. So it's kind of crazy.
So like, I don't have to go on Google and search for what is the right thing to do today or what should I be doing with my life. It's already inside of us. And you might disagree with some of this which is, you might think that there is no soul. And that's completely okay. At the same time, I think we just have different words for it. Some people call soul, some people call it intuition, some people call it, what else? What are the names you have? I would love to know, you can tell me on Instagram. My Instagram is shakethecosmos, S-H-A-K-E-T-H-E-C-O-S-M-O-S. So let's get that out of the way. There is a soul, there is the thing that is always telling us in the purest form what are we supposed to do, and it's bullshit free. Like, it just tells us what it is right away. So isn't that kind of nice? So the next step question becomes, well, how do we connect with this soul, or intuition, or universal connection, whatever we want to call it. And that is, I feel magical for me.
For example, my girlfriend Olga and I, one day I told her, hey, we're gonna go to Ethiopia. And what I really mean is, we're gonna sit in a cabin, we're gonna go to Ethiopian restaurant so pack your bags. And she's like, Oh, yeah, my bags are packed. So next thing, we're in Ethiopian restaurant, and we're sitting down and the dishes are appearing such colorful, such delicious foods. If you ever had Ethiopian food, we've got jeera. And on top of it, you've got all these delicious, colorful foods, and usually use your hands to eat them. And it's amazing food. And she's sitting across from me, and I'm looking at her and then boom. There's this moment where I realize that I imagine. And in my mind, it's very real. I imagine our souls dancing together. And next thing, I'm seeing her as a princess. So it's out of body experiences. So why do I share that the reason being, I think, sometimes there are places or people that can really help us connect with our soul or start to see connection, start to see that connection. There was a friend that was also sharing with me that he felt a soul connection with someone.
So I think we're used to these soul connections. But I really want you to think about what helps you connect with their soul? Because for me, sometimes I will journal about it. I'll general journal, easy trick is while journaling to say, well, what does my mind say? What does my heart say? What does my body say? What does my guts say? And then just ask, why don't you just go ahead and ask what does your soul say? Have you ever asked? Just try it and see what happens. I promise you, the answer might surprise you, or might just make life easier. So for me, it was a good reminder to spread love and give back. And for me, it's really, really important. And for me, someone that wants, I want to live my lifestyle in five to six years where I'm donating 50% of my income. So that is the lifestyle is a good reminder for it. And it's really interesting to do that as a digital nomad. So without further ado, I want you to ask that question. And really, that's all I have for today which is, what does your soul want to do? What makes your soul smile? So why don't you ask that question.
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