Follow the recipe first!
Guys, follow the recipe first! I don’t just mean in cooking, but in all walks of life. See, we spend time and effort in researching the best recipe or solution to a problem. Once we narrow down to our final recipe, we need to stay focused – we need to follow the recipe to the core. That is, if we want the results as per the recipe.
We always tend to take shortcuts and still want the best results.
We keep the recipe in front of us and think we are following it but do our own tricks to it. How can we expect the results mentioned in the recipe if we don’t do exactly as told.
Yes, Recipe gives exact steps to follow
I learnt this the hard way. I was trying a pancake mix recipe – very simple and clean recipe. But my pancakes would come out tasting horrible. Tried different brands and same thing. One day, I was looking at the recipe at the back and realized I was not really following exactly as they told me to – 1, 2 and 3. I was doing 10 steps 🙂
Followed the 3 steps and there it was. Best tasting Buttermilk pancake.
What is the big deal here?
Point is to realize what is really happening:
When someone gives us a formula or a recipe – for success in business, cooking or anything for that matter, we have a tendency to tweak it and add our own flavor to it. We think we are following it but technically we are not. We need to realize this if we want the results mentioned in our recipe for success.
What did I finally learn?
My lesson learnt is, first use the recipe as it is and get the desired results, then start adding your own style to it and be super creative you.
This way we know its a sure success – which further helps us:
- It boosts our morale and we know we can do it.
- Otherwise, we might lose a lot of time in testing.
- It might cause a lot of heart ache also.
This might seem like the most obvious thing, but trust me, we all tend to make this mistake over and over.
Just do me a favor, try your best to remember "follow the recipe first!" and it will be a smooth sailing...
