“We find intuition and rationality mutually exclusive, but in fact at this high level they operate together in a seamless fashion.”

Mastery, Chapter 6, Mastery

At first glance, intuition and rationality appear to be opposing forces.

Intuition is commonly associated with instinct—an almost immediate understanding or sense of clarity that arises without conscious reasoning.

Rationality, in contrast, is regarded as the product of deliberate analysis—a methodical and logical approach to problem-solving.

Given these definitions, it is easy to assume that intuition and rationality exist in isolation from one another, with intuition belonging to the realm of the subconscious and rationality firmly rooted in conscious thought.

However, upon closer examination, we find that the relationship between the two is far more intertwined than it initially seems.