12/08/2026
The purpose of an analogy is to rapidly explain something complex that someone doesn't understand by comparing it to something they do.
Then, they use all the things they know to fill in the blanks for the thing they don’t.
Having a good analogy to explain something can do a huge amount of work in a small amount of time.
Ex: You must do all these things - they are all important.
Analogy: What’s the most important part of a car? The wheels? The engine? The gas? Answer: all of it. The car only works when it has all its pieces.
Analogy: It’s like the 3 legs on a stool. You can’t have just 1 or 2, even though they’re important, you must have all 3 or the stool topples over.
Ex: One thing is the limiter
Analogy: Like the weakest link in a chain, the entire chain is only as strong as its weakest link,
Analogy: Like a traffic jam going from a 4 lane to a one lane. You’re only going to go as fast as the bottleneck.
Ex: You need to do this for a long time / it’ll take a long time to reverse your bad habits.
Analogy: You can’t get super tan by laying in the sun for 20 hours. You build it up over time.
Analogy: You can’t build muscle after a week of going to the gym. It takes years.
Analogy: You can’t reverse 10 years of cholesterol build up by eating salads for a week.
Ex: Why we are the most expensive.
Analogy: You don't want the cheapest parachute.
Analogy: You don’t want the cheapest surgeon/tattoo artist.
Ex: You’re gonna have to do it anyway.
Analogy: Standing on the diving board longer doesn't make the water any warmer.
Analogy: A sinking ship doesn't sink slower while you compare buckets.
Ex: "How do I know this will work for me?" (Proof transfers)
Analogy: Gravity doesn't check who's jumping. The system works the same no matter who runs it.
Analogy: The recipe doesn't care who's cooking. Follow the steps, get the cake.
I selected these because they’re super common in sales to explain that things take a long time, you have to do them all, or you need to focus on a specific point, or you want to pick the most expensive person sometimes, etc.
Hope these were useful.
