How do you know if you’re sure — or if it’s just an impulse?

“How do you know if you’re sure — or if it’s just an impulse?”

I loved this question under one of my posts from this week.
Because this is exactly where Human Design Psychology is coming with the concept of strategy and authority. And that changes everything.

For me, as a Generator (one of the four HD types), my strategy is simple:

• Life comes first. I respond.

The greatest strength of a Generator is receptivity.
It could be a question, a billboard, a song — anything that wakes you up, that energizes you.

Stimulus → response.
Something comes toward you from the outside, and your body answers.
If you have the energy, it’s an opening.
If you don’t, it’s a closing.

Life becomes a journey of self-discovery when you stay open to what life itself brings.

But if you sit in your head, asking yourself endless questions and forcing answers, it’s like putting the wolf in charge of the sheep. Nothing good comes of it.

That means:

• no chasing,
• no forcing,
• no guessing.
  I wait until life brings something to me — and only then, I feel if it’s truly mine.

But responding is only half the picture. This is the strategy.
The other half is authority — how I know if the response is correct.

And for Generators, there are only two kinds of authority:

• Emotional Authority (Solar Plexus defined): clarity comes with time.
• Sacral Authority (Solar Plexus undefined): the gut “uh-huh / uh-uh” in the moment.

For me, it’s Emotional Authority.

And the best way to understand Emotional Authority is through the Surfer Mentality:

When you catch a wave, you enjoy it fully — even though you know it will eventually end.
You trust that there will always be more waves.

You don’t have to ride every single one.
Most of the time, you’re just paddling and waiting.
That patience and positioning is what makes the next ride possible.

And here’s the truth: you can’t catch any waves sitting on the shore.
You have to put yourself out there.

That’s Emotional Authority in action:
Clarity comes with time.
Not in the high.
Not in the low.
But in the calm after the wave.

So when I’m asked, “Do we follow intuition or a system?” — my answer is:
We follow our body’s authority. That’s the system.

That’s it.
And learning the difference between impulse and authority is the key.

Impulse rushes.
Authority waits.
That’s how you stop betraying your energy.

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Clarity is profitable.
Every “yes” aligned with your authority - grows.
Every unclear “yes” - drains.

Be different. You are going to be different.
Stop proving. Prove yourself by earning more.
Release the stress. Get rid of it. Get over it.

Trust your strategy. Trust your authority.

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Without clarity, every “yes” costs $$$ more.
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