Can you recall an incident where your gut feeling proved to be very right?  

Quite a lot of them actually Bala.

The one which I will remember most though, goes back to a trip a few years ago. We were camping at a lake side and a couple of my friends wanted to go boating in the middle of the night. It was extremely clear and starry and the peak of the summer season. Somehow i was not comfortable and told these guys not to as i sensed something wrong. Coincidene or what , in about half an hour it got cloudy and poured. Had we been in the boat in the middle of the lake ?

Well many times, my intuition proves me right. I have always been sharp when it comes to thinking ahead about the effects and results. In hiring employees I know who will make it good and who will not so even if my Boss would want to hire this applicant she always would get my advice before making any final decision.

Hi,
My job involves in recruiting people,after taking interviews.I am involved in taking 2nd/final round interviews and found people are coming with good preperation of interview procodures required for that post.Some are very good,some are good etc.Now,from that 1/2-1 hour interaction it is difficult to predict his/her retainability.How long will his/her service will be available for the organisation?
Here my GUT-feelings often gave correct indications.I can more or less predict seeing their behaviour,family history,answers on future goals etc.My this gut-feeling has saved my company a lot of bad investment on Street-smart people's recruitment.
One glaring example is a bright youngman,smart,hobby-doing planchets.He was over-qualified and got selected in Round1 of interview.I deselected him.He is presently behind Bars.
=Lahiri,Kolkata,India.

yup,it has happened many times.i do recall one incident when i rejected a proporal as i felt he was a flirt and i was right,he keeps on hoping from one person to another.

I didn't go to work one night because I was feeling scared. There was a big fight that night and lots of people got hurt. Another time, I wasn't sure whether to go some place new or not. I dreamed about this antique handpump on a kitchen sink, I walked into this new place amd there it was, on my right. Exactly as in my dream.

My gut feeling is 99.9% right when meeting someone for the first time. Even my very educated husband tells me this constantly. When I get bad vibes, I shy away from becoming friends and remain acquaintances. My people skills are good. I have made mistakes in my life but nothing that was terribly overwhelming. I live a simple, easy life.

Well, i actually started a discussion about that last year... it was about this neighbor who i wanted to invite over for dinner because he was all alone since all his roommates went to a seminar... but instead of inviting him over... i just decided to bring the food to him... and after a few days... i found out that he robbed all his roommates... and left without a trace...

Good thing i decided not to invite him to my apartment... he could have done the very same thing... or worst... hurt me and my daughter...

Hi balastri
Thae last time I had a gut feeling was when my hubby was going for a night bkie ride with his friend and I told him not to go and he told be not to be stupid, I reall had a gut feeling that something was ging tp happen and it did, they both crashed and my husband was lucky, just minor scraps and bruises while his friend ended up with broken leg and couldn't ride his bike for weeks.


Tamara

I rely on my intuition quite a bit. There are so many instances where my 'gut' proved to be right.

Years ago when my daughter was young I attended a playgroup with her and there I met another mum who was very nice but gave me a feeling of doom every time I saw her, it was a very uncomfortable feeling as though she wasn't who she said she was; it got so bad and I found myself avoiding her while feeling quite ashamed, after all she had done nothing to me, she was in fact very pleasant.
To cut a long story short she indeed turned out to be quite a selfish person over time and the sense of doom I experienced around her manifested itself when her husband was suddenly killed in an accident. It was a devastating time for her as you can imagine.

Our intuition is rarely mistaken I think we just need to stop the constant chatter in our heads for a little while everyday and listen as our greatest lessons unfold.
Good topic!

Not personally, but a friend of mine was telling me about a lucky escape she had last week. An elderly lady who lived opposite her went into hospital and her elderly friend had turned off her gas fire and drawn the curtains that evening, asking my friend if she would open the curtains the next morning.

My friend went over to the flat, opened the door and unusually, decided not to turn on the light switch as it was quite light that morning. She opened the door to the living room to go draw the curtains and was knocked back with the smell of gas that had accumulated in the room. The elderly woman had turned off the fire, and inadvertantly knocked the knob back round so that gas was escaping all night. If my friend had switched on the light, the spark from the switch would have caused an explosion, not only resulting in her death, but possibly several others in the block of flats. She's convinced her Guardian Angel told her not to switch on the light, and I tend to agree with her.

Brightest Blessings, my friend. Ooooooooops, I said it again!!! ha ha.