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Spider-Sense . . . Tingling . . .
I have an 8th sense.
And I supposed what they say is true, that if you lose one of your senses, then the others become more enhanced. Friends joke that my ‘lost’ sense is the common one.
The 8th sense I call “intention sense.” or “I-sense.” It’s sorta like spider-sense, only instead of impending danger, it warns of whether someone actually intends to follow-through on what they say they’ll do.
Even better, it has a signal strength meter.
Here’s what tripped it off recently.
As some of you know, several months ago my gf and I bought a new house. The property near ours is currently a vacant lot on which (so we were told) the owner was soon to be build his dream home.
Since my gf is the real estate investor of the family (me, but the humble wordsmith), I got all of this secondhand.
Yet each time we discussed it, the I-sense would tingle, I’d check the signal strength meter and it was low– real low. And I’d tell her a variation of “He’s never going to build it.”
That annoyed her to no end because I couldn’t prove it to her and I had no facts to back my assertion up.
Time passed, occasionally I’d see the phantom builder when I was out mowing the yard and though he and I never spoke, the I-sense would tingle and I’d know he was never going to build that house.
A few weeks ago the gf got the news that one of his kids was going to college and he was conflicted about building the house.
I didn’t say anything. Just rocked back and forth on my heels, looking innocent and making the “hm, hm, hm” sound. I had just enough time for a smug, arched eyebrow of “I told you so” before I had to ducked.
Again, I-sense pays off.
Last week, he put the property up for sale.
And the I-sense, once again was proven correct.
Now, do you think this is a useful tool for working with clients? Do you think I also use it for assessing whether a prospect petitioning to get on my schedule actually has the will to follow-through and do what they say they’re going to do?
I’ll say this — the only time it didn’t help me out was when I didn’t listen to it.
So . . . was this post really about an ability I have that none of you care about? Or was it about something else? Could it be an isomorphic metaphor? And what the hell does that mean?
By Walter |
Topics: Inside The Mind, It's A Good Thing, Lessons Learned |