A Recipe for Success

Here it is! I've cracked the code on where to locate the exact recipe for your success. However, it may not be what you thought. Before we dive into the recipe, let's first reflect on the essence of a good recipe. 

Over the weekend, I had leftover poblano pepper, coconut milk, and lime to use before they went sour. I thought, "Well, I understand the principles of cooking. Why not create a new recipe?!" A successful recipe is about finding the right food and seasoning combinations in the right amounts. Too much garlic could ruin an entire dish. Yet, the right amount brings the dish to life!

It is the same in leadership and business life. Success does not come from a single ingredient; it is a recipe.

One fact I've learned from coaching leaders, parents, and entrepreneurs for decades is that every human being has their own unique success formula. 

This truth is vital to understand because we can waste years of time, energy, talent, and money following other people's success formulas with disappointing results. We can't compare our way to true success. Comparing what we are doing against others can lead us quickly away from our success recipe.

Instead of looking to others to provide your success, I invite you to go within. The formula for your success is within you. Have you looked deep enough?

We also don't have a single success recipe, either. We have many. We can even add more recipes as we expand the depth and breadth of who we are in the world. 

In our coach training programs, we teach our coaches that they do not need fancy equipment to get started when they realize they are the equipment. In truth, you hold your own recipes. You are the chef. 

Here are three ways you can activate your unique recipe for success:

1) Locate self-development programs that bring your unique gifts and vision to life. Programs based on someone else selling you their road to success may or may not get you any results. A productive program will be based on two factors: 1) They teach you underlying principles that apply to all human beings (yes, you are unique, but we share a common humanity), and 2) The program has personalized agility to adapt to your uniqueness. How the principles show up to support you will be unique. A good program will bring you to life!

2) Look within for your answers. Your internal world is where your treasure is. Just like external diversities surround us, we have a rich world of inner diversity to tap into and activate.

3) Shift from external advice to internal coaching. Coaching is designed to activate all parts of you, especially those ready to activate. A professionally trained coach will help you cultivate new recipes and increase your internal wealth.

You are a gift. Your life is a gift. There is no other you, and that is perfect. The world needs you and all of your unique recipes, now more than ever.

Happy recipe-activating chef!

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