How a person or an animal responds to every situation is called reaction. Instinct has to do with our reactions. Wiktionary defines 'instinct' as a 'natural or inherent impulse or behavior' or 'an intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought' . It is 'infused, urged or stimulated from within' . It is a gift . We always hear the phrase 'mother's instinct' or 'woman's instinct' . This is true. In many ways, I felt it. At an unholy hour of the night a few years ago, I woke up to pee. I did not normally go to the main door of the flat as insiders were instructed to double-lock it. A little voice told me to go and check it and found out that it was wide open. There was no intruder but it was an instinct that pushed me to do the preventive measure. I handled countless screening procedures for selecting the right applicants for clients. There were many cases when despite all very good qualifications enumer...