Comments on: From the gut http://relativesanity.com/2009/11/03/from-the-gut/ Nerdery, curmudgeon, humanity and science Wed, 12 May 2010 08:31:58 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Cole http://relativesanity.com/2009/11/03/from-the-gut/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Cole Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:15:27 +0000 http://relativesanity.com/?p=4#comment-2 This post is so topical for me. Lately I have tended lately to ignore my gut because: <br/><br/>* I want to please clients (gregarity)<br/>* I don't want to turn down work (financial)<br/>* I don't want to admit I can't do something (pride)<br/>* I want to believe I can solve a clients problems (validation)<br/><br/>However, every time my gut 'had a bad feeling' it turned out to be right.<br/><br/>Some further reading I'm digesting in my effort to listen to my instincts more:<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/getting-to-no/" rel="nofollow">http://www.alistapart.com/articles/getting-to-no/</a><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2009/06/should-we-all-be-saying-no-more-often.html" rel="nofollow">http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2009/06/should-we-all-be-saying-no-more-often.html</a> This post is so topical for me. Lately I have tended lately to ignore my gut because:

* I want to please clients (gregarity)
* I don’t want to turn down work (financial)
* I don’t want to admit I can’t do something (pride)
* I want to believe I can solve a clients problems (validation)

However, every time my gut ‘had a bad feeling’ it turned out to be right.

Some further reading I’m digesting in my effort to listen to my instincts more:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/getting-to-no/
http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2009/06/should-we-all-be-saying-no-more-often.html

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