Everyone believes they have the Special Sauce. What do I mean by that? In some facet of life, every single human being walking the face of this planet believes they have some sort of creative edge that is unique to them. Investing is a great example of this; ask 100 different professional traders on Wall Street their strategy on timing the markets and you’ll get 100 different answers (assuming they’ll give away their Special Sauce!). Furthermore, ask that same question to 100 different pseudo-gurus strewn about on social media and you’ll likewise receive 100 new answers that will likely be completely different than the professional investors’ answers. This is true in sports coaching (every coach has their own special sauce, lest they wouldn’t be coaching), cooking (sometimes this is a literal special sauce), music, art, fitness routines, dieting advice, and endless more examples. This is a testament to mankind as a species, after all, nobody will admit to lacking any creative thought whatsoever.
Now, the previous paragraph stated the premise is that everyone believes they have the special sauce. Another matter entirely is whether they actually do. In fact, one could say that very few among us have the special sauce in their chosen career field or hobby. The odds that any one specific individual has something unique to add to the entire body of human knowledge is slim. What’s even slimmer is that the successful addition to the collective knowledge of mankind will revolutionize the field. After all, very few home-brewers win any awards on their craft beers, only a select few gardeners will grow a plant worthy of recognition at even a local county fair, let alone a national competition. The odds are a little higher for those that believe their special sauce is career-related. After all, basement chemists don’t win the Nobel Prize, but very few Ph.D.’s will win one either. I am no exception to this, the odds are slim that this article will vastly improve the lives of readers.
But fear not, for this is the benefit of the Special Sauce Cabinet of Mankind; the odds that one or even some of us actually having a special sauce is virtually guaranteed. My previous paragraph is built on the premise of there can only be select few winners, but the parallel line of thinking but there absolutely will be winners is also true. And the special sauce that is chosen to spice up the hobby/field of study/industry/insert-pursuit-here could be the special sauce that you, the reader made! Not only could that be financially rewarding (disclaimer, it may or may not be), but the benefit to mankind of the newly discovered special sauce will be immediate and permanent.. Even if the special sauce only incrementally improves the field/hobby/whatever rather than completely revolutionizing it, mankind will still be better off for that addition to the collective body of knowledge. Mankind cannot progress without novel ideas, and novel ideas come from the belief that special sauce exists If everyone stops believing they have special sauce, then progress as we know it will cease
So essentially what I’m saying is, while that the odds of you having the special sauce may be low, release it to the world anyways. After all, you might have the special sauce after all. And if that turns out to be the case, your special sauce will benefit humanity both in the immediate term and for lasting generations. Do not view this article as merely permission to create, perfect and release your special sauce into the world; view it as your duty to do so. Make that YouTube video. Write that screenplay. Brew that craft beer in your basement. Strum that new song on your acoustic guitar. Pitch that idea to investors. The future of the mankind depends on it.
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