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“Leadership is a lot like cooking in a crockpot.”
“What do you mean?”
“You put all these little things together, but it takes time for them to connect and combine. Eventually you have something.”
The Leadership Recipe is not a quick stir fry.
You don’t become a great leader by reading one book.
You don’t become a great leader by applying one principle.
You don’t become a great leader by learning a little about yourself.
You don’t become a great leader because you own a business.
You don’t become a great leader when you have people to supervise.
Leadership is a long slow process.
Becoming a great leader is the result of many individual items, when combined over time creates something new.
Below is a partial Leadership ingredient list:
- Continual reflection on your style: when does it work, and when does it need to be modified.
- BPTT even when, or especially when you are busy.
- Overcoming Fear and overcoming Fear.
- Combating your Narrator.
- Understanding differences between people.
- Daily discipline.
As these items simmer, you add a few more.
Eventually you have something.
But unlike soup, the Leadership Recipe continually requires additional ingredients.
A dash of understanding.
A pinch of flexibility.
A little spice – to make it interesting.
A healthy few cups of feedback.
Do you want to be a great leader?
Be prepared for a lifetime in the Leadership Crockpot.
P.S. Leave a comment on the key ingredients in your Leadership Crockpot.
Carl Weber Consulting 
Love it.
And at some points along the way, you have to turn up the heat!
Turning up the heat, like pursuing the next big thing…