Is psi ability/intuition/listening to your gut the key to being successful? By Kim Forrester Is the Key to Success in Business Your Innate Psi Ability? A successful business is often contingent on gaining the right information, but history has shown that beyond the PhDs, business coaching and focus groups, the most powerful business tool may actually be buried deep within you. In April 1906, the great Wall Street trader, Jesse Livermore, was enjoying a vacation in Atlantic City when, on a hunch, he entered a brokerage and sold 1000 Union Pacific shares short.  At the time, it was one of the strongest stocks in a roaring bull market, and the move was so astounding that the broker remarked to Livermore, “You mean to buy Union Pacific?”  Livermore’s response was to write another ticket and sell another 2000 shares short.  The following day, he increased the total by another 2000 shares.  Feeling a strong urge to be back in action, Livermore then ended his vacation abruptly and returned to New York. A day later, on 18 April 1906, a devastating earthquake hit San Francisco, and within three days Union Pacific stock had plummeted.  Jesse Livermore, acting on nothing more than an uncanny premonition, netted a cool US$250,000. For many, the idea of natural psychic ability – of a sixth-sense – is fantastical nonsense that has no place in the world of modern business.  However, the truth is that behind the theatre of crystal balls and flowing velvet, the last century has seen a steady increase in both scientific data and historical evidence in support of this elusive skill.  Today, not only is there overwhelming data to suggest that psychic (or psi) abilities exist, there is also compelling evidence that it can be a valuable business tool. The late Steve Jobs was...

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