The shortcut no one talks about for better ideas

There’s something powerful that happens when you begin to think in analogies.

You stop waiting for inspiration to hit. Instead, the world around you starts speaking to you.

Ordinary things—like a hummingbird, or a rotary phone, or even a bag of kettle-cooked chips—become doorways into deep insights.

That’s what’s been happening to me lately.

Not because I read about deep thinking in a book.

But because I started seeing differently.

It’s not just about better productivity or communication (though it helps with both). It’s about developing a richer intellectual life.

And honestly? That’s rare right now.

We’re in the age of AI. Anyone can punch in a topic and get a blog post or a course outline in seconds. But most of it? It sounds the same. It’s recycled. Predictable. Surface-level.

But when you learn to think in analogies, something shifts.

You don’t just consume ideas—you make sense of them in a way that’s deeply personal.

You connect dots others aren’t seeing.

You express your thoughts in ways that land differently.

That’s why I’m considering creating a resource called The Analogy Advantage.

It would walk you through how to notice these moments, shape them into insights, and share them in ways that stick—whether you're a teacher, coach, creator, speaker, or just someone who loves ideas.