"Quick gut check" — What It Really Means

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"Quick gut check"

What they really mean

I want instant feedback without giving you enough context to judge anything properly

"Quick gut check from the group: does this direction feel right for the business?"

"I need you to validate my half-formed idea before I've done the actual work."

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I'm hoping you forget about this entirely

I don't want to do this and I'm not going to

Nobody agrees on anything and we've been arguing for months

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