Unlocking Success in Business with Your HD Strategy & Authority
Have you ever felt like you’re swimming upstream in your business, looking to other’s journeys to try and find your path to success? All the while hitting roadblock after roadblock, wondering if you’re even cut out for entrepreneurship in the first place? If you’re nodding your head, then it’s time to explore the game-changing concepts of Strategy and Authority in Human Design. When followed affectively, these two components are like your personal roadmap and compass, guiding you toward making decisions that align with your intuitive wisdom.
What is a Human Design Strategy?
In Human Design, your Strategy is your unique way of interacting with the world. It’s how you’re meant to approach opportunities, challenges, and relationships to experience the least resistance and the most flow. Think of it as your personal playbook for life, helping you easily navigate business decisions, collaborations, and opportunities.
Each Human Design type has its own Strategy:
Manifestors: Informing before acting.
Generators: Waiting to respond to what life brings.
Manifesting Generators: Waiting to respond to what life brings & Informing before acting.
Projectors: Waiting for the invitation.
Reflectors: Waiting for a lunar cycle before making big decisions.
Learn more about your Human Design Type here!How to Implement Your Strategy in Business
Start Small: Begin by consciously applying your Strategy to smaller decisions in your business. For example, if you’re a Generator or Manifesting Generator, take time to notice how your body feels when opportunities are presented to you and respond accordingly. This could be something as simple as a collab inquiry or a new project idea that comes to you.
Trust the Process: It can feel counterintuitive at first, especially if you’re fighting against conditioned patterns that have led you to do things against your strategy. But trusting your Strategy will help you avoid burnout and frustration. For example, resist the urge to initiate if you’re a Projector. Instead, focus on honing your expertise and let the right invitations come to you.
What is Human Design Authority?
Your Authority is your internal decision-making tool. It’s how you know whether something is right for you. While Strategy tells you when to take action, Authority helps you decide what action to take. It’s like having an internal GPS that guides you to decisions that are aligned with your true self.
There are several types of Authority, such as Emotional, Sacral, Splenic, and others. Each one has a unique way of guiding you, so it’s crucial to understand and trust your own Authority.
Emotional Authority
If you have Emotional Authority, your decision-making process is guided by your emotional wave. You need to wait for emotional clarity over time, rather than making decisions impulsively. This means riding out your emotional highs and lows before reaching a conclusion.
Tip: Practice patience. Give yourself time to process emotions and reach a place of calm before making important decisions.
Sacral Authority
Sacral Authority is all about gut responses. If you have this Authority, your body gives you clear signals through feelings of excitement (a “yes”) or resistance (a “no”). These are instant, in-the-moment responses.
Tip: Trust your gut. Listen to your immediate physical reactions when faced with decisions, and follow the path that feels energizing.
Splenic Authority
Splenic Authority is driven by intuition and instinct. If this is your Authority, you receive spontaneous, quiet nudges or feelings that guide you in the moment. These instincts are often subtle and don’t repeat, so it’s important to pay attention when they arise.
Tip: Tune into your instincts. Pay attention to those quick, almost imperceptible feelings or senses that tell you what’s right or wrong.
Ego (Heart) Authority
With Ego Authority, your decisions are based on your willpower and what you truly desire. It’s about knowing what you want and making decisions that align with your personal goals and motivations.
Tip: Follow your desires. Make decisions that feel personally satisfying and that align with your inner drive and motivation.
G Center (Identity) Authority
If you have Self-Projected (G Center) Authority, your decisions are guided by your sense of identity and what feels most authentic to you. Speaking your thoughts out loud or discussing them with trusted people can help you gain clarity.
Tip: Express yourself. Talk through your decisions and listen to the words you use. Your truth often comes out in conversation.
Mental (Environmental) Authority
Mental Authority is common for Reflectors. Your decisions are influenced by your environment and the people around you. It’s crucial for you to be in the right surroundings to gain clarity, often over a full lunar cycle.
Tip: Surround yourself with the right people. Give yourself time to reflect, especially on big decisions, and make sure your environment feels supportive and aligned.
Lunar Authority
Specific to Reflectors, Lunar Authority means that you make decisions in alignment with the lunar cycle. You need to wait a full 28-day cycle before making significant decisions to ensure that they’re truly right for you.
Tip: Be patient with big decisions. Track the lunar cycle and notice how your feelings and perspectives change over time before committing.
How to Implement Your Authority in Business
Tune Into Your Body: Your Authority often communicates through physical sensations or feelings, so start paying attention to how your body reacts in different situations. For instance, if you have Emotional Authority, give yourself time to ride the emotional wave before making any big decisions. Avoid rushing into commitments when you’re at an emotional high or low.
Practice Daily: Use your Authority in your everyday business decisions, no matter how small. If you have Sacral Authority, listen to your gut reactions throughout the day. Does a particular post excite you? Is a task giving you resistance? Use these feelings as a guide for your decisions.
Bringing It All Together
When you combine your Strategy and Authority, you’re not just making decisions. You’re making aligned decisions that support your energy and lead to success without the struggle.
These two aspects of your chart are meant to play off of each other. Your authority is where in your body your wisdom resides. Your strategy is how you respond to the wisdom within. Cultivating mindfulness around this is a perfect first step in embodying your design as it will help you align to the rest of your chart by intuitively moving through life.
Example: Let’s say you’re a Manifesting Generator with Sacral Authority. Your Strategy is to wait to respond, and your Authority is to listen to your gut. In business, this might look like receiving a project offer (something to respond to) and then checking in with your gut to see if it feels exciting and energizing (your Authority). If it does, you go for it. If not, you pass.
tl;dr
Implementing your Strategy and Authority in business isn’t just about working smarter. It’s about working in harmony with your true self. It’s about making decisions that feel right in your body and bring more flow into your business life. So, give yourself permission to experiment with these tools and see how they transform the way you work.
Remember, your Strategy and Authority are your allies in creating a business that not only succeeds but also feels good every step of the way. Happy aligning!
