An outer authority
People with mental authority have no inner bodily signal — no emotional wave, no sacral response, no splenic intuition. Their mind may be strong, but the mind isn't made to make life decisions. It's brilliant at analyzing, comparing and explaining — and so it becomes a tool for others, not a judge for yourself.
People like this find the right decisions outside themselves: through the feel of a place and through talking things over with people they trust.
How to decide
- Discuss the situation with several people you trust — not for advice, but to hear yourself from different angles.
- Pay attention to where you are: in the right place your thoughts become clear, in the wrong one they get tangled.
- Don't rush. Give the decision time to ripen, and come back to it in different circumstances.
- Notice what stays the same after all the conversations — that's your answer.
For mental authority, the right environment is half of the right decision.
Environment
Where you live, your work surroundings, the people around you — for this authority they're critically important. They either help you think clearly or throw you off. That's why choosing your environment is itself one of your most important decisions.
Traps
The trap is trusting your inner monologue and “thinking the decision through” on your own. The second is making decisions in a rush or in a place that feels foreign to you.