In 1865, German chemist August Kekulé had a dream of a snake biting its own tail.
Had he ignored his intuition, youâd still be scrubbing your undies on a washboard.
KekulĂ© was wrestling with benzeneâs molecular structureâââthe key to modern detergents. Enter the prophetic self-consuming snake and boom!Â
Tide pods.
Intuition is your brainâs way of connecting patterns from minimal inputs. You use it all the time:
Sketchy-looking Uber driver?
âOh, I forgot something!â
** sprints away like Forrest Gump **
Your gut feelings arenât magicâââtheyâre a highlight reel of your past experiences. And like any skill, you can train it.
Picture intuition as the tin-foil hat dude with a corkboard full of red strings connecting fuzzy polaroids. Thatâs your brain, frantically joining dots you didnât even know existed.
Kekulé was so immersed in his research that his brain kept crunching data even when he was drooling on his pillow.
In your case, your tastes, passions, and micro-obsessions are constantly feeding your pattern-hungry mind.
So next time your inner snake whispers, listen up.
It might just spark the next world-changing ideaâââor at least save you from a questionable Uber ride.
See you on the next one! đ«¶
Matias.
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