I am forever ignoring my instincts, ya know, those things we developed to say "shit! a dinosaur is about to chomp down on my hairy tree climbing ass". An innate talent that allows us to get the heck outta dodge prior to things becoming really bonkers or bad or whatever.

I've learned that there are times to trust my instincts....like, if I'm holding pocket Queens and the flop is...oh....3, 4, 5 and someone calls all in. I've noticed that if I go....it means someone else has the six and seven, or pocket aces and is buying the pot....and I always lose my chips. I've learned to listen to that voice.

Why don't I listen to that voice when it comes to my personal life? The little voice that says "hey, don't say THAT to your mother!" or "dude, you'd better not run this light"? Instead I merrily trundle along doing things that I know I shouldn't do, but do anyway.

So my question is: when do you learn to trust your gut? Ever? Never? Born or learned?