--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Intuition is just the sum of all your…" description: "\"Intuition is just the sum of all your experience. The way I see it, everything you’ve experienced, everything you know, you think you know and didn’t k..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/anonymous-1_blink_intuition-is-just-the-sum-of-all-your-ex_1246382.jpg" --- # Intuition is just the sum of all your experience. The way… ![“Intuition is just the sum of all your experience. The way I see it, everything you’ve experienced, everything you know, you think you know and didn’t know you knew is there in your subconscious lying dormant, as it were. As a rule you don’t notice the sleeping creature, it’s just there, snoring…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/anonymous-1_blink_intuition-is-just-the-sum-of-all-your-ex_1246382.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/anonymous-1_blink_intuition-is-just-the-sum-of-all-your-ex_1246382.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/anonymous-1_blink_intuition-is-just-the-sum-of-all-your-ex_1246382.jpg) > “Intuition is just the sum of all your experience. The way I see it, everything you’ve experienced, everything you know, you think you know and didn’t know you knew is there in your subconscious lying dormant, as it were. As a rule you don’t notice the sleeping creature, it’s just there, snoring and absorbing new things, right. But now and then it blinks, stretches and tells you, hey, I’ve seen this picture before. And tells you where in the picture things belong.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Intuition draws on accumulated experiences stored subconsciously, surfacing when familiar patterns appear. **In simple terms:** Experience shapes intuition, revealing familiar patterns. Key Takeaway Trust subconscious cues when they arise. Themes intuition experience pattern recognition Mood curious reflective Type philosophical motivational When to use this quote - creative problem solving - learning new skills - making decisions - recognizing trends Key Concepts subconscious processing implicit learning Questions to Reflect On - How do you differentiate intuition from bias? - When has intuition misled you? 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