Curiosity is the main seasoning in this recipe.
Without it, everything tastes bland.

Curiosity says:

• “Why do I do it this way?”

• “Is there a faster version of this?”

• “How do other people do it?”

• “Is there a clever trick I’m missing?”

• “What do experts do differently?”

Curiosity prevents the phrase
“I wish I saw this earlier”
because curiosity hunts for the “this” before you trip over it.

When you mix enough curiosity into your daily routine, ordinary moments become:

• experiments

• opportunities

• discoveries

• shortcuts

• delightfully unexpected improvements

Curiosity unlocks the upgraded version of life you didn’t know existed.

✨STEP 4 — MARINATE IN OTHER PEOPLE’S BRAINS

The best ideas don’t come from you.

They come from:

• friends

• strangers

• creators

• teachers

• workers

• older people

• younger people

• people from other cultures

• people with different jobs

• that one coworker who knows weird hacks

• that one aunt who solves problems with scary efficiency

You must marinate in other people’s brains the way food marinates in seasoning — slowly, evenly, deeply.

Ways to marinate:

• Listen more than you talk

• Ask people what they know that you don’t

• Watch how others solve problems

• Observe how smart people simplify their lives

• Collect ideas the way others collect recipes

The longer you marinate, the richer your life tastes.

✨STEP 5 — STIR IN SMALL EXPERIMENTS

Great ideas don’t arrive fully cooked.

You have to test them.

Instead of thinking:

“That won’t work for me,”
or

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