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MysticG,
Yep...so true!
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2005 at 10:00 AM
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Quirky
yep...its pretty much infallible, our listening device is a tad faulty at times tho. Good post.
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on July 5, 2005 at 9:41 AM
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Ca88,
well, you're certainly not alone there!
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2005 at 8:54 AM
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Shadow--
so good to see you back at Blogit!! 
Thanks for coming by...we're gonna have some fun!
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2005 at 8:53 AM
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Justsouno,
I can't recall a time either, that I went against it and wasn't sorry later. Thanks for reading~
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2005 at 8:14 AM
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wiley,
that's good, I'm lad you do try to listen.
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2005 at 8:13 AM
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word.smith,
yes...there's always next time!! Provided you learned from your mistake, hehe.
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2005 at 8:12 AM
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I think I should have listened to that inner voice on many more occasions than I did.
posted by
Ca88andra
on July 5, 2005 at 2:04 AM
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Quirky Great advice that everyone should "listen to". Shadow
posted by
Keshet
on July 4, 2005 at 11:09 PM
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Quirky this is a very good post. So true. I have never gone against my
gut when I wasn't sorry I did. Good post and good advice. Thanks for stopping by my place for the holiday. Thank you for your comment I truly agree. The country needs it's holidays.
posted by
Justi
on July 4, 2005 at 9:19 PM
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Quirky
Oh this is great and yes, yes, yes, I do try and hear that little voice all the time luv
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 4, 2005 at 7:09 PM
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It does look wrong. Maybe because I don't use the word often.
Next time I hope I'll be wiser and not delete stuff with gay abandon.
posted by
word.smith
on July 4, 2005 at 6:36 PM
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Krisles, yes...indeed--good observations.
Actually, I think we subconsciously have ALL the facts, it's just a matter of "hearing" the information that is there.
posted by
Julia.
on July 4, 2005 at 5:41 PM
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Quirkyalone
I agree with your post and with your last comment about getting quiet enough to listen. I also want to note how it is interesting that DV brought up a very (and please don't think that I think you are typical in any way, Dylan) stereotypical "male" viewpoint...get the facts, when we are discussing a very stereotypical "female" subject of intuition. I think it has even been established scientifically that we women tend to listen to those inner voices more because we collect more data from body language, voice tones, etc. that we ourselves may not even be aware we are collecting. We may actually have more "facts" than we are consciously aware of having about a situation.
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Krisles
on July 4, 2005 at 5:36 PM
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mmm-w,
I thihk it doesn't take fine-tuning so much as just stopping to get quiet long enough to really listen and to hear...
posted by
Julia.
on July 4, 2005 at 5:19 PM
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we should know ourselves better then anyone else does.... so i have to say that where i feel we should always listen to our gut, sometimes that needs to be fine tuned with a little patience rather then impulse...
posted by
mmm-w
on July 4, 2005 at 5:03 PM
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Dylan,
Perhaps you're right...but I don't really think instinct or intuition is influenced by "facts"---
posted by
Julia.
on July 4, 2005 at 3:43 PM
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Yes, I think the first instinct is often right...
...but I wouldn't go as far as to say "always" right, because sometimes we have incomplete information, and our instinct will thus tell us the wrong thing.
Our minds need to gain complete information and then let instinct have its way.
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Dyl_Pickle
on July 4, 2005 at 3:16 PM
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Merry,
People find all sorts of reasons to ignore their intuition, but I believe it isn't "almost always right" as you say..it is
always right. I don't believe the subconscious is capable of "not knowing" the truth...
posted by
Julia.
on July 4, 2005 at 2:26 PM
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Quirky,
this is one of the things that I often tell people who come to me for advice. You already know what to do, it's just not what you want to do, or what is easiest. A cop friend of mine says that most people end up in trouble when they don't trust thier gut. If you feel uneasy about the guy who is going to get on the elevator, get off, or push the close doors button. Your instincts are almost always right.
posted by
MerryAnne
on July 4, 2005 at 2:22 PM
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word.,
Yeah, it's amazing how we can ignore something so loud. BTW, you spelled shriek is correctly. It looks kinda weird, but it's correct.
posted by
Julia.
on July 4, 2005 at 2:15 PM
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Yeah, that still small voice became
a deafening shriek (how the heck do you spell shriek anyway?) when I was deleting my user profile that had ALL my documents at work, but did I listen? Nooooooo. Result? I'm now basically starting over. All logos gones, all documents gone, all email gone. And I still haven't got them back yet.
posted by
word.smith
on July 4, 2005 at 2:06 PM
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