Question of the Day

[ayoub]

Is it better to consider every step carefully, or follow your instinct?

Comments

[kosta-pasta.livejournal.com]

depends.
it's a question of a "golden mean", I think.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Golden mean?

[voldelange.livejournal.com]

if you're gonna consider every step carefully you're gonna lose a lot of good chances,but then if you go by instinct every time you risk to go wrong a lot...still, if you don't make mistakes you don't learn things,even if sometimes those lessons can turn out not worthy the pain...and so on...

it depends...i say consider very well the truly important steps and fallow the instinct with the small decisions...still, if you don't have good instincts...think twice :P

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Good answer :)

[kosta-pasta.livejournal.com]

yeah, "golden mean means" in this case - balance:) It's from geometry - golden mean term.

Simply put...

[cmerun12.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Heheh... Got to love Mathematics :)

Re: Simply put...

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Elucidate?

Re: Simply put...

[cmerun12.livejournal.com]

Is it better to consider every step carefully, or follow your instinct?

Trust in yourself. Believe you will make the right choices and decisions. Encourage yourself to complete the follow through.

The choices you make are decided on INSTINCT. How you choose to follow through is the process (or the 'steps', if you will).

Re: Simply put...

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Very well said.... The last line just made perfect sense...

[kosta-pasta.livejournal.com]

That's my first degree..in math..sorry:)

It all depends.....

[warrior-olight.livejournal.com]

As said by the above post, instinct guides your initial decision. However, if I found myself in a friendly mine field without any guidance, I would carefully consider where I placed my foot each time.

Once I was out, I would follow my instinct and kick the arse off the idiot who forgot to put up the warning signs.
If said idiot was my superior, I would carefully consider the best method of arse-kicking which would minimize the chance of me being demoted or locked up.

[lilgeorgiawhore.livejournal.com]

Why can't it be both? I think it's important to trust yourself, but, at the same time, running head first into something without thinking it through thoroughly could leave you in a lot of trouble. So, yes, follow your instincts, take those risks, but also be sure to think ahead and have a Plan B :-)

Re: It all depends.....

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yes, we wouldn't want to be locked up!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Of course it can be both... And I like your answer :)

[crescent-fresh.livejournal.com]

personally, i'm a big fan of having things planned, with contingency plans, emergency evacuation procedures, and a good ol' dose of elbow grease and gumption. however, since god hates people, plans are generally fruitless, and it helps to have your instincts well-developed.

and that's how you answer a question without actually answering it.

plans are better.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Got to love circular arguments...

[crescent-fresh.livejournal.com]

true, true. but that's what you get when you ask complex questions with no right or wrong answers, captain gray area!

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Both:) I know the former is the right thing to do; but damn if I don't nearly always do the latter anyway.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

That's what I always end up doing... :)

[avis-noctis.livejournal.com]

I follow my instincts intially, but thereafter plan very carefully in order to achieve my goal. My instincts are usually the impetus for a major decision, but I very rarely let them loose when dealing with the rest of the project.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

That is a very sensible way of looking at things...

[torisrabbit.livejournal.com]

i say instinct.
because when you get those gut feelings...it usually means something...

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Gut feelings are very powerful...