Man, let me tell you. For years, I was that guy who only trusted the spreadsheet. I lived by the numbers. If the ROI looked good, I hammered the ‘execute’ button. But lately, things have gotten weird. The market, the economy, even just choosing what side project to spend my evenings on—nothing makes logical sense anymore. The data is all contradictory crap.
I got myself into a real knot a few months back. I had this great chance to jump into a new digital property—a tool I could build and sell. Two paths were staring me down. Path A: A safe, boring SaaS platform for a niche industry, guaranteed slow money. Path B: A high-risk, high-reward consumer app that needed massive upfront cash and perfect timing. If I screwed up Path B, I’d be cleaning out my savings. The numbers, honestly, made Path A look like the obvious winner, but every time I thought about coding it, I just felt heavy. Like a sack of wet laundry.
The Moment I Binned the Spreadsheets
I realized I needed a different kind of guidance. I needed to access what I call the ‘Oracle Pisces’—not some astrology crap, but that deep, non-verbal intuition that tells you when the tide is actually turning, regardless of what the news says. I stopped crunching the numbers. I stopped asking my buddies. I just shut down the laptop.
The first step was physical. I needed to completely decompress the mental noise. I literally walked away from my office for 48 hours. I didn’t check email. I didn’t listen to podcasts about ‘growth hacks.’ I went hiking and just listened to the wind. Sounds cheesy, but trust me, your brain needs to empty its trash can before the good signal can come through.
When I finally got back, I didn’t look at the data again. I needed to isolate the feeling of the decision. This is the crucial part of asking the ‘Oracle.’ You have to make the query entirely personal.
My Four-Step Process for Asking the Oracle
I grabbed a cheap notepad—not the fancy journal, just plain lined paper—and a chunky pen. I wanted to make this exercise feel tactile and immediate. I structured the process into four simple phases, forcing myself to use feeling words, not technical words.
- Phase 1: The Gut Check (The Dread Test): For Path A, I wrote down everything I knew I had to do. Then I focused on my body. Where did the fear live? For Path A (the safe one), the dread was in my chest. A dull, heavy thud. Boring, but safe.
- Phase 2: The Energy Meter (The Light Test): For Path B (the risky one), I visualized the launch. What did the high point feel like? I wrote down the energy level. Surprisingly, the vision of Path B was exciting, almost weightless. It felt like standing on a cliff edge, terrifying but bright.
- Phase 3: The Timing Focus (The Weekly Rhythm): Since the “Oracle” works best with timing, I focused on the current week. I didn’t ask “Is this right?” I asked, “If I started coding the core engine this week, does the world feel ready to meet it? Does my energy feel aligned with the necessary grind?” The answer for Path A was a tired, slow “No.” The answer for Path B was a nervous, buzzing “Yes.”
- Phase 4: The Single Phrase Summary: I forced myself to summarize the entire experience of both choices in one short, dumb phrase. Path A was “Safe until it’s dead.” Path B was “Risk now, rest later.”
The key insight wasn’t that Path B had better odds; the insight was that I couldn’t survive the boring slog of Path A right now. My inner resources weren’t aligned for slow, steady work. They were aligned for a hard, quick sprint. The Oracle wasn’t telling me the answer; it was telling me which self I was ready to be.
Executing the Intuition and Seeing the Results
After that, the decision was actually easy. I wired the money for Path B the next morning. My financial advisor called me up, practically shouting about how stupid I was being. I smiled and hung up the phone.
I threw myself into the high-risk project. I coded like a maniac for six weeks. Did I hit problems? Absolutely. Tons of them. But here is the crazy part: every time I hit a wall, I didn’t feel defeated. I felt driven. Because I had chosen the path my intuition had screamed for, the energy to fight the battles was already baked into the decision.
That high-risk project? It completely blew up—in the good way. It hit a viral pocket about ten weeks after launch that no spreadsheet could have predicted. It’s now generating five times what Path A would have, and it took half the time. If I had followed the logical data, I’d still be dragging myself through the mud of that boring, safe SaaS platform, hating every minute.
So yeah, if you’re stuck, ditch the numbers for a minute. Go quiet. Ask your gut. That feeling in your stomach or that lightness in your shoulders? That’s your Oracle Pisces telling you exactly when and how to move this week. Don’t miss that feeling; it’s the only real insight you need right now.
