INTRODUCTION:

THE FEELING OF FINDING OUT TOO LATE**

There’s a special kind of heartbreak that doesn’t hurt — it annoys you.

You know the feeling:

You stumble across a clever trick, a brilliant hack, a wisdom nugget, a shortcut that would have saved you time, effort, stress, energy, money, and possibly a few years of your life…

…but you find it after you needed it.

And you say the same thing every human has said since the beginning of time:

“Ugh… I wish I saw this earlier.”

It stings because it’s true.
It hits because it’s universal.
It lingers because now you know.

But what if there were a recipe — a formula — for spotting good ideas before you desperately need them?
What if you could train yourself to notice brilliance early, instead of bumping into it late?

This 2000-word piece is that recipe.

A recipe for becoming someone who catches the good ideas on time.
Someone who sees the shortcut before doing the long route.
Someone who recognizes wisdom without needing the mistake first.

It’s the recipe for turning life into a scavenger hunt for “great ideas I wish I saw earlier”… except this time, you’ll see them right on time.

Let’s begin.

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