Powered by Instinct: Five Rules for Trusting Your Guts

by Kathy Kolbe

Here is a landmark book by the country's leading pioneer in instinct-driven performance. Kathy Kolbe makes it absolutely clear that you have the right instincts to save yourself from bad relationships and poor career decisions. Her insights will help you convert that hidden power into a personal, practical force. Learn how to be your natural best, and take control of your own destiny.

Genres: Psychology

Audible Audio

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

Kathy Kolbe and Amy Bruske have succeeded by trusting their instincts.

Kathy Kolbe is the global leader in discovering and accessing the power of human instincts. She’s done the brain research to prove the relevance of her Kolbe Theory of Conation to individual and organizational success. Kathy was the first person to connect conative behavior to instinctive drives, which she postulated as the source of the patterns of mental energy commonly known as a person’s MO.

Amy Bruske is the president of Kolbe Corp and leads seminars for business leaders throughout the world. She was recently named Business Owner of the Year by the Phoenix chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).

Kathy and Amy are both award-winning consultants and advisors to over 3,000 family-owned businesses, as well as to Fortune 50 companies, and both are also sought-after speakers. As mother and daughter, working together for more than two decades, Kathy and Amy have personally experienced every situation discussed in Business Is Business. Neither recalls a time when she wished she were working anywhere else.

Reviews

[Adam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like the Kolbe Concepts. The information is invaluable and one of the best tools for reducing stress in the workplace and in relationships. That being said I did not like the way it was presented in this book. I did not like the Question and Answer format which felt forced and contrived. If you are a Fact Finder / Follow Thru like me I recommend reading Pure Instinct. Both contain the same information just presented in different ways. If you prefer the "learning through fable" approach read this one.

[Romeo Verga · Rating 4 out of 5]

Give you core principles with simple explanations to back it up with anecdotes. Avoids causing the reader to overthink concepts and start acting/executing with a good level of confidence among uncertainty. Great book to get you out of your head and get moving.

[Joseph · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not helpful. If this book was the first book I read on the Kolbe Index, I wouldn't touch the Kolbe at all.

[Lexane · Rating 2 out of 5]

The method is decent. The book spends more time trying to convince you of how valuable it is than being valuable.

[Hadi Servat · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book helped me to find a new aspect of my instinct. I wish every ADHD knew about it.

[Jason Casto · Rating 1 out of 5]

Audio - I love the Kolbe index (Kolbe.com). However, this could be the most boring, worst narrated book of all time.