Why you should go with your gut

news@nature.com ^ | 16 February 2006 | Helen Pearson

[B4Ranch]

I almost always go with my gut feelings. Sure I've missed a couple of opportunities but so far I have kept the bacon from catching fire and burning the house down.

[Monterrosa-24]

In military matter too, while I have respect for army staff work and weighing the "best course of action" many of the greatest commanders have been very instinctive.

MacArthur wrote of his Inchon decision that his staff was against it and had a myriad of reasons but he could hear his father's voice (his father was also a general and a Civil War Yankee hero) warning him of cowardice coming out of staff meetings. MacArthur decided Inchon was a go and it was an incredible success.

[LibKill]

I almost always go with my gut feelings. Sure I've missed a couple of opportunities but so far I have kept the bacon from catching fire and burning the house down.

When it comes to emergency, trust your instincts.

If it looks dangerous, it probably is so.

[JamesP81]

The problem I have is overanalyzing things. My gut feelings tend to be pretty good, but if even so much as start thinking about some important decision I start stressing out big time about what to choose. Once I do that, I can no longer tell my gut feelings from the stressing out. Which really sucks.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Sure I've missed a couple of opportunities...

Perhaps I could recommend some tap water? :)

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Any relatively sane and at least semi-intelligent individual in good health should always listen to their "Gut Instincts".

Regardless of how much we try to distance ourselves from the beasts (the whole creation/evolution argument not withstanding), we ARE animals. And animals have instincts to guide them when experience is insufficient to cover a given situation. Instincts honed through hundreds of generations of survivors living long enough to pass on their genetic materials.

In my personal experience, every single time I've gone against my "Gut", its ended with a much worse outcome than following my instincts would have brought.

You just have to have the self confidence to not second guess yourself. Something that has come to me much later in life than I would have liked.

As they say "With age..."

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Water on a bacon fire? Oh NO!

Salt or baking soda, and that is if you don't happen to have a handy fire extinguisher. Which no kitchen should be without!

Hehehe

[Brad’s Gramma]

You're taking all the FUN out of it here! Stop this! Now!

I insist! :)

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Stop this! Now!

I insist! :)

Yes Ma'am! I'm sorry Ma'am! Won't happen again Ma'am!



Hehehehe =-P~~~

[Brad’s Gramma]

Wipe that grin off your face or I'll wipe it off FOR you!

Ha!

[Dr.Zoidberg]

(tail tucked)

(Slinking off to a corner)

I was just funnin.....jeeze....

;-)

[Brad’s Gramma]

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[Brad’s Gramma]

I was too. Funnin' that is. I'm rarely serious......

:)

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Good to know. Serious people give me indigestion.

G'nite Brad's Gramma. =-)

[Brad’s Gramma]

Serious people give me indigestion.

Isn't THAT the truth? Good night to you too!!!

[Principle Over Politics]

Katie Couric does quite well with feelings and emotions.

I prefer Ann Coulter with thought and reason.

Think about it.

[Man50D]

One thing my father has always told me is if your head tells you one thing but your gut another, then go with your gut. This from a man who skipped two grades of school and graduated from high school at 15.

[neverdem]

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[Terpfen]

MacArthur decided Inchon was a go and it was an incredible success.

The operation was a success, but it still shouldn't have happened, since it involved practically abandoning 8th Army.